Evening star., 1921-03-06

than we are, followed in climbing
down to. or climbing up from the dis
NAL and terrific depths
Perhaps farther on in that future
there may be submarine boat OF
transparent metal, and excursion
parties may take passage for the
netherlands or the real bottomiands
of the lake. One of these boats per-
haps is moored to a rock which we
now consider a pinnacle or tower.
Maybe the conductor of that boat IS
saving: an the olden time this rock
on which you stand-iook out ana
don't get your feet wet-was called
Prospect Rock. Indians came here TO
get "A wide survey of country-river,
wood and plain.
THE Indians had not been long
gone when Washingtonians used to
walk here to enjoy. as they SAID, the
fine view. They would sit on TINS
rock and look far down on the litue
stream they called the fo'ohac.
They would climb down from this
place to the shore of that niue
stream they called a river and we
will now submerGe, following close
ly the rocks on which they found d
foothold in their descent Many
many feet. some coarse ana some
dainty. some hob-shod shd Sohle II,
low-quarter shoes, have followed
this trail
Nov, if you will look up you VIII
get a fair idea of the height OF the
rock we left few seconds ago. TINS
trail through a forest of fossil trees
was famous for flowers which tn"
ancients called spring beauties.
.dog-tooth violets.' crow foot violets.'
'Dutchman's breeclIss' and squirrel
corn. We are now emerging from
this dense growth of petrified trees
into meadow which was famous
for it's growth of what the ancient
inhabitants of Washington called
and .esGuisetium' or
'horsetaii.' Here at the root of this
stone tree is a spring. around which
they used TO sit. The spring is still
bubbling and if you Will put your
hand out you will notice that the
water is colder here than in the sur
rounding portions OF ''e laht. hu' gu,
we must hence, You are passing the
petrifled ruin of a shack that was
burned down many ages ago. ana
lust ahead of us. that deep dark sink
with Jagged rock walls encircling it,.
is what was called Black pond.
i :. !: j:
uI>H.AT wildly rocky stretch 10 the
east. which juts out to the old
channel Of the Potomac. and has d
tower of stone thar rises far above
the current of the prehistoric stream.
was a favorite resting and eating
place for the travellers through this
picturesque region. The bowlder-
strewn and rock walled part of it
we are now entering had several
names in the olden time. Nobody
had taken the pains to give this place
a name, but IA fellow who used to
ago, came through here one fair sum-
mer day. He was with a young lady
and he named this place Glen Alice. :
The next time he came through he
was with another lady, and he re-
named this wild and beautiful place
Glen Lucy Again he came through
and the name became Glen Mary
The rocky perch where We are now
then far above the foaming little
river he called Point Margaret later
Point Esther and still later Look
out Gerty.
rocks all through this region are
re-blackened. These are the marks
of fires at which the very simple
people of the twentieth century heat
ed cans of beans and broiled frank
furters on the pointed end of stick
But We have now been gone nearly
an hour and quarter and. according
to the rules of my uniou---the Inde-
pendent Order of Submarine Guides
and Lake Bottom Conductors must
call ii "A days work. But it would
be better to take you quickly back to
Prospect Rocly than to let you out
here. 4 wild fish might chase you
Things are not as they used to b.
in these parts when the Alpine Club,
the Wanderlusters, the Triangle tInb
and all the hosts of other goodlv
people who ar" now far up in the
Il hnnl-ISaH tn l,i.
pia yground.'
There have been many SURVEYS. re-
ports and plans for utilizing the Po-
tomac river as maker of electric
power and for increasing the water
supply of Washington. The latest of
these plans is that developed and
prepared by Maj. NJ. c. Tyler. Corps
of En- ri urCrS |. S 4 aGIiu-. dc