Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-08-17

was quite light-headed, and fancied that
he was divided into halves was dread
fully distressed, and began to wander
with sort of sick fear what the termi-
nation OF the attack would be. Alas! l
had heard but too much how these attacks
generally terminate. As | was doing so
Bllall came up and said that we must be
getting on, more especially as, IN his
opinion, if Leo did not reach some spot |
where he could be quiet and have proper
nursing within the next twelve hours, his !
life would be matter of day or two.
could not but agree with him; so we got
him into the litter, and started on, ustane
walked by his side to keep the Ines OH
him. and see that he did not throw him
self out on to the ground.
Within half an hour of sunrise we had
reached the top of the rise OF which
have spoken and most beautiful view
broke upon our gaze, Beneath us was
rich stretch of country, verdant with grass
and lovely with foliage and flowers. In
the background, at distance, so far as l
could Judge, Of some eighteen miles from
where we then stood a huge and eXtraord-
mary mountain rose abruptly from the
plain. The base of this great mountain
appeared to consist of grassy slope, but
rising from this, should say, from sub.
seouent observation, at height OF about
five hundred feet above the level of the
nlain. was most tremendous and abso-
lutely PERCEPTIONS wall of bare rock, quite
twelve or fifteen hundred feet IN hight
The shape of the mountain, which was UNI
doubtedly of volcanic origin, was round
and of course, as only segment It's exact
size. which was enormous. afterward
discovered that it could not cover less
than fifty square miles of ground. Any
thing more grand and imposing than the
sight presented by this great natural
castle. starting in solitary gran deur from
the level of the plain, never saw, and |
suppose, never shall. Its very solitude
added to its majesty, and its towering ellis
seemed TO kiss the sky. Indeed, gener-
ally speaking, they were clothed in clouds
that lay in fleecy masses upon their broad
and level battlements.
I sat up in my hammock and gazed out
across the plain at this thrilling and ma
iestic sight and suppose that Billali
noticed it, for he brought his litter along
side.
"Behold the house of She.who must be-
obeyedw he said. Had ever qeeen
such throne before?'
1T is wonderful, my father" answer
ed. But how does one enter? Those
cliffs look hard to climb.
Thou shalt see my Baboon Look
now at the plain below us. what thlnkes'
thou that it is? Thou art a wise man
Come, tell me"
| looked, and saw what appeared to be
the line of roadway running straight to-
!. ward the base of the mountain, though II
) was covered with turf. There were high
hanks ON each side of it. broken here anc
there. but fairly continuous on the whole
the meaning of which | did not under
: stand. 1t seemed so very odd that any
body should embank road way.
"Well, my father, answered, Il sup
nose that il is a road. otherwise | SHOULD
have been inclined to say that it was th
bed of a river, or rather, | added, observ
ing the extraordinary directness OF TIT
cutting "of canal.
Billali-who, by the way, was none tn
worse for his immersion of the day befor
nodded his head sagely as he replied;
Thou art right, my som. 1t is
channel cut out by those who were befor
us in this place, to cary away water, .
this am sure within the rocky circle o
D the great mountain whether we journe
. was once great lake. But those VIII
were before US, by wonderful art of whic
| know naught, hewed a path for III
: water through the solid rock of the noun
y tain: piercing even to the bed OF the lake
y But first they cut the channel that tho
! seest across the plain. Then, when a
II last the water burst out 1t rushed dow
u the channel that had been made to recelv
l 1t, and crossed this plain till it reached III
e low land behind the rise and there, pc
chance. it made the swamp through whic
st we have come Then, when the lake wa
Il drained dry, the people whereof l spea
L built a mighty city, whereof naught BIT
3 ruins and the name of Kor yet remaineth
Z on its bed and from age to age hewed I'll
/ caves and passages that thou wilt see
1T may be, answered But if Sc
how is it that the lake does not fill u
again with the rains?'
NAY, my son, the people were a wis
people, and they left drain to keep
clear. Seest thou the river to the right
and he pointed to a fairsized stream th
wound away across the plain, some fol
~ miles from us. "That is the drain, and
coV,os ont through the mountain who