The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-06-17
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PLACES NH ERE DEAD BopiEsA Re 's
PREsERVED BY "a &c ,sds S
In chile For fInNfunce,5th the - IT ts3ssSss
a Dry That III L. Almost 4 M posi- Bile
~ For m Unbur1ed Bod TO Decon,-
pose IN the Ordinary aIann'<ser-
s Among the most curious things IL
this queer old world perhaps the weird
est is thea..valley OF dry bones ~ hich
continually crops up in various parts
of both hemispheres-
Iu Chile. for instance. the air. is 50
dry that it is almost Impossible Tor
body 20 decompose In the mary
way. Here and there in tie = >2s1:t ca ms
or on the plains one may discover a
body taat has been clay ios several
years but has no more returned TO
dust than to life
There is literally a valley OF cry
bones not far from Valparaiso where
q battle was fought during The INA
ceda troubles. Here may be seen today
bodies Of men 3and horses scattered
among the rocks that are like nothing
eled by the fierce sun and elabaimed
By the natural dry atmosphere.
This is not. strictly speak!nG,sf val
lev of dry bones'' but that there is Il
real one in Ceyou no one who has Wis
ited that island can doubt for i mo
ment It Is a peculiar fact and one
which is borne out5by the testimony OF
the English planters in CeEion 5that
when AZ. elephant feels its last hour
approaching it will if permitted to 90
SO escape into the jungle to die once
the sick elephant gets away it is never
seen again. Where they go to is the
problem
1t; is absolutely certain that. they
must go somewhere, and therefore as
they vanish so mysteriously IN the
hour of death one cannot but give
credence to the tale which is often
brought down from the hills by the
Tamils and Cingalese.
According to these people. there is a
"yalley of dry bones near Tala wakele,
which is about twenty-five miles south
of Handy, the old capital of the is
land This valley, to be correct, Is
said to be vast underground tunnel.
with numerous but difficult to find en-
frances and exits. Such places are
common in Ceylon, but the particular
- -..,,..c ar, oI,,b,nts % to die has
80, 800, discovaref1 though nurner-
Gus expeditions have sought for It
In view of the fact that the ele-
1;.on,,oor when they are
ahont +o die II seems probable that
lDoae t.,,e.,, ,,l,cn aces exist on the is
.,s.,, 80. - !. cer+,ip thot the .,reat
,,,,,1.;ai,7, haos+s do not swim across
- ,,Ifaoe ,Ianoor the nerson who
ens r1a,,,.n+ san1,1c1,er will prob
-. :, f,,.+une, i1, ivory g;
@1o $500, ..+.o,ro ,,I.,ca EXISTS as-,a
aI',,--sI,,, - ,,ones,,Ein the is
90, I,s,,;oo : 11-ae+ indies OF
AaAu -: . ,,,,,1 = ++ocba,1 ~ II
- ho,.. are +ha hard facts and an
~ ~ tho yn,Iev itself.
= t.,d ,,nor +1,a 1,,,noc,1na gap.
=, oo,,,,+,,- At t,,e eastern
- ~ tho ;s1,nd This region is
e,-4,.ai1t ,;,.,oroI frras+ md inc fact
e,o.neo - ~. ~, orer,re twelve
.n't - +ho ;.aar ro,,nts rfyes
nouis ,,x,,,.;,y,+ e,reon vereta
..'e ~. ,~fo,,,,a a,sayyhare Y,1t
.ion ~ - ,,,aue,1, ei+,,,+ed ri..1,t@in
.tils :. 49, ..7,-e,+ country. K bare
-1i.e n.' ~ So
OK leaA 'A1As. and hot
Ing - - 60 -, '+c,h,,.o I,ee,,
Iiant .ieSs al ,-,,1nt
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