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Michigan Pictured Rocks
It is a curious fact, that the colors are so firmly attached to the surface that they are very little affected by rains or the dashing of the surf, since they were, in numerous instances, observed extending in all their freshness to the very water's edge.
"Proceeding to the eastward of the Amphitheatre, we find the cliffs scooped out into caverns and grotesque openings, of the moost striking and beautiful variety of forms, In some places huge blocks of sandstone have become dislodged and accumulated at the base of the cliff, where they "are ground up and the fragments borne away by the ceaseless action, of the surf.
"To a striking group of detached blocks the "name.'Sail Rock has been', given, from its striking resemblance to the jib and mainsail of a sloop when • spread—so much so, that when viewed from a distance, with a full glare of
light upon it, while the cliff in the rear is left in the shade, the illusion is perfect. The height of the block is about forty feet.
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