Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1890-10-25

the first rising up near the crossing-place, the
fourth lying off up stream, and hiding itself in the
beech woocs in perspective All these hills are
half washed away There is no sign of a struggle
to hold their own; they look not ragged or water
worn, but as if great knife in mighty hand
with powerful stroke had cut them down. Their
sides, presented 10 the stream, are smooth and
VERTICAL their tops are crowned with dense forest
of magnolia and beech, noble trees growing at the
very brink of the bluff, proudly erect, their pro-
files standing out boldly against the sky. They
are all unconscious of the fate which inevitably
awaits them
But are they unconscious? Methinks see that
grand magnolia tremble, slight SILVER runs
through her veins and is communicated to each
dark, glossy leaf and creamy blossom. Does the
south wind whisper the story of her doom? If so,
she bows her noble head in submission, she raises
it proudly to await her fate.
The brilliant coloring of the soil contributes
greatly to the beauty of the scenery. First there
is the rich brown aluvium, and then the cays,
which are every shade, from yellow ochre to YER
million, with strata still lower of white grey
green and blue-grey. wonder that this clay is
not utilized 1t would certainly make exquisite
pottery.
1t is grand pity that Ruskin could not have
seen this country The bright coloring of the
clay is due, no doubt to the iron, which abounds,
forming into thin sheets and cementing the pebbles
into coarse cong omerate called ''puddng -stone.
The blue clay strata are rich in fossils of the
great North American mastodon-M. gigantens
(Cuv.) They wash into the creeks during rains
and are often found in the caving banks They
are easily recognized by the concal projections Of
the teeth l saw many specimens. Some of the
molars weigh seven and a half pounds, are almost
ten inches long, and have five ridges. Whole
skeletons have been secured, and many of the
fossils sent to museums.
1t must have been aterrible CONFUSION of ma
ture which destroyed those huge creatures and
swept them from the face of the earth. The fos-
sils are all dark, the enamel OF the teeth being al
most black, sometimes beautifully notified with
white or grey, like a moss-agate. Perhaps the
dark color is caused from the iron which NAV have
assisted in preserving them, though in the stiff
blue clay they must have hermetc covering, and
they soon begin to crumble when exposed to the
air.
The roads are very picturesque, especially one
from Woodstock plantation to Fort Adams it
was an old Indian trail, and the highest hill about
Fort Adams is the Block House h where the first
white settlers built house of thick blocks of
wood to protect their women and children from the
Indians.
The Fort Adams road lies between great earth
walls caused by the gradual wearing away of the
ground, Gin some places the roads have worn down
to the very bases of the hills neatly cutting the
hills in half). These walls are handsome in the
brilliant coloring of the clay-here is bare vel
low surface there is vermillion shading off into
"od rose," forming background which contrasts
beautifully with the various shades of luxuriant
ferns, vines and MOSES, the dark magnolia foliage
reaching down and for the mullen growing in
patches OF light green, looking like soft mats
High overhead branches and foliage interlace, and
the sun gints through casting crazy patchwork
OF light and shadow down on the road
Far from any habitaton on one of these lonely