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LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI.

e And so we move on. Past Chimney Bock we fly—noble shaft
of six hundred feet; then just before landing at Minnieska our atte»
tion is attracted by a most striking promontory rising over fi?
hundred feet—the ideal mountain pyramid. Its conic sbam~~
thickly-wooded surface girding its sides, and its apex like that of a
cone, cause the spectator to wonder at nature's workings. Prom, ife
dizzy heights superb views of the forests, streams, bluffs, Mils and
dales below and beyond for miles are brought within ite focus.

CHIMNEY ROCK.
What grander river scenery can be conceived, as we gaze upon this
enchanting landscape, from the uppermost point of these blufs upon
the vaUeys below? The primeval wildness and awful lonelinesso£
these sublime creations of nature and nature's God, excite feelings of.
unbounded admiration, and the recollection of which can never be
effaced from the memory, as we view them in any direction,
we have the Lion's Head and the Lioness's Head,
Band, to adorn and dominate the beauteous stream;