The weekly sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1886-10-28

CONSCIOUSNESS " COfltTdSG UoGWCcu lHG
mountain and the plain. The line is
sharply and fearfully drawn; you
stand uplifted on the measured height
Of the one; you look down below on
the flat surface of the othor. For, to
the eye, all below is a plane Per-
spective is lost; the power of compar-
ison is gone. Until the mind has time
to study, to compare, to learn, to know
exactly what it is called upon to take
in. there is some feeling of disappoint-
ment. You are told you are looking
down into depths two thousand feet
beneath you, and that your eye takes
in points 40 miles away. But while
the trees below you look like shrubs,
and the region below looks for all the
world like fattened marsh, you re-
fuse to yield to the spell until you
have learned better But you soon
learn. You do not have to learn to
be glddy as you look into the abyss.
That comes by nature. But after
while you begin to take in the immen-
sity, and then the surprising majesty
OF the scene possesses you.
On no point along the whole of this
mountain coast line is there such
ground for observation. The great
projection of Caesars Head into the
region below brings into view its mag
nificent system of headlands enclosing
the deep indentations which hide the
many newborn rivers. Such one is
the majestic Table Rock, at the mouth
of West Saluda Valley, not so high as
| Caesars Head, not SO picturesque in
outline, but with more extensive face
of precipice, sublime in its color of
brown and purple and with its crest of
deepest green.
From near the Head are seen all
the prominent mountains in the noun
tain system of the South. The Black
Mountains are seen far to the north
and the Stone mountain near Atlanta
to the South west, to the east Kings
Mountain not far from Charlotte, and
to the west, Whitesides, Yellow Noun.
tain and others in Macon and inter
mediately, the Balsam and other great
mountain chains.
Caesars Head Is wonderful object
and its features may be made the prof
table and pleasant study of many days
Around it are many objects worthy o
rational cariosity, such as the Ravens
cliff and the other falls made by tn,
leap of many young rivers into th'
plains below. For just here severa
streams take their rise, such as tn
three head branches of the Saluda riv
er, and Green river, all of which ris
on the plateau and tumble down it
rugged sides.
The Hotel is magnifcently places
within few hundred yards of tn
Head, and ON an exposure command
ing the grandest Of prospects, while
controls all the comfort and safety Q
the home. The hotel is capaciou
enough for any demand, the table eA
cellent, and the rooms delightful Th
atmosphere has peculiar charm c
lightness, purity, dryness and elastici
ty and there is buoyancy imparte
!, to the feelings rarely experienced elst
2 where. Dr. Miles, himself imbude
, with the spirit ofthe locality, intell
4 gent, cultivated, cordial and genial,
t in the right place to impart to visitor
2 full appreciation of the place, bot
| in relation to the enjoyment of its wol
e ders, and to those comforts that are il
! dispensable to thorough appreciation
;, We believe Caesars Head will gro
e in favor, as it must do if it is know :
;, it ought to be.