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" About twenty feet from the entrance begins a lake, the water of which is transparent, and extends to an unsearchable distance ; for the darkness of the cave prevents all attempts to acquire a knowledge of it. I threw a small pebble towards the interior... "
Madoc - Page 238
by Robert Southey - 1812
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Three Years Travels Throughout the Interior Parts of North America: For More ...

Jonathan Carver - Dakota language - 1802 - 330 pages
...near fifteen• feet high and about thirty feet broad. The bottom of it confifts of fine clear fand. About twenty feet from the entrance begins a lake, the water of which is tranfparent, and extends to an uafearchable diftance ; for the darknefs of the cave prevents all attempts...
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Elements of Geography: Designed for Young Students in that Science. In Seven ...

Benjamin Workman - Geography - 1809 - 218 pages
...near fifteen I feet high, and about thirty feet broad. Thfl bottom of it coridfts of fine clear land- About [ twenty feet from the entrance begins a lake, the water of which is tranfparent, and extendvto an, onfeerchable dittance. A ftnall pebble being throw n to >vards the interior...
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The Poetical Works of Robert Southey, Esq. ...: Madoc

Robert Southey - 1815 - 330 pages
...is about ten feet wide ; the arch within is near fifteen feet high, and about thirty feet broad. The bottom of it consists of fine clean sand. About twenty...prevents all attempts to acquire a knowledge of it. I threw a small pebble towards the interior parts of it with my utmost strength ; I could hear that...
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Yamoyden, a Tale of the Wars of King Philip: In Six Cantos

James Wallis Eastburn, Robert Charles Sands - King Philip's War, 1675-1676 - 1820 - 378 pages
...within it is near fifteen feet high and about thirty feet broad. The bottom of it consists of fine clear sand. About twenty feet from the entrance begins a...prevents all attempts to acquire a knowledge of it. I threw a small pebble towards the interior parts of it with my utmost strength : I could hear that...
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Narrative Journal of Travels Through the Northwestern Regions of the United ...

Henry Rowe Schoolcraft - History - 1821 - 470 pages
...cave itself, appears to have undergone a considerable alteration since that period, for he says that " about twenty feet from the entrance begins a lake,...the water of which is transparent, and extends to an un310 se&rchable distance." As the rock is of a very friable nature, and easily acted upon by running...
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The Poetical Works of Robert Southey: Complete in One Volume

Robert Southey - English literature - 1829 - 806 pages
...about ten feet wide; the arch within is near fifteen feet hijjli, and about thirty feet broad. The bottom of it consists of fine clean sand. About twenty feet from the entrance begins a like, the water of which Is transparent, and extends to an unsearchable distance; for the darkness...
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Traditions of the North American Indians: Being a Second and ..., Volume 1

James Athearn Jones - Folklore - 1830 - 354 pages
...The bottom of it consists of fine, clear sand. About twenty feet from the entrance begins a lak«, the water of which is transparent, and extends to...distance ; for the darkness of the cave prevents all possibility of acquiring a knowledge of it. 1 threw a small pebble towards the interior parts of it...
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The Writings of Robert C. Sands: In Prose and Verse, Volume 1

Robert Charles Sands - American essays - 1834 - 446 pages
...within it is near fifteen feet high and about thirty feet broad. The bottom of it consists of fine clear sand. About twenty feet from the entrance begins a...prevents all attempts to acquire a knowledge of it. I threw a small pebble towards the interior parts of it with my utmost strength : I could hear that...
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The Writings of Robert C. Sands: In Prose and Verse, Volume 1

Robert Charles Sands - American essays - 1834 - 472 pages
...within it is near fifteen feet high and about thirty feet broad. The bottom of it consists of fine clear sand. About twenty feet from the entrance begins a...distance ; for the darkness of the cave prevents all attempt: to acquire a knowledge of it. I threw a small pebble towards the interior parts of it with...
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The Writings of Robert C. Sands: In Prose and Verse. With a Memoir ..., Volume 1

Robert Charles Sands - 1835 - 442 pages
...within it is near fifteen feet high and about thirty feet broad. The bottom of it consists of fine clear sand. About twenty feet from the entrance begins a...transparent, and extends to an unsearchable distance ; fur the darkness of the cave prevents all attempts to acquire a knowledge of it. I threw a small...
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