Lancaster, Robert Alexander, 1862- [from old catalog] · Philadelphia and London, J. B. Lippincott company · leaf 489
ATURAL BRIDGE So interesting an object could not escape the curiosityand observation of Mr. Jefferson. His account of it is asfollows: 462 VIRGINIA HOMES AND CHURCHES The Natural Bridge, the most sublime of natureswork, is on the aseent of a hill, which seems to have beencloven through its length… … NATURAL BRIDGE mines the length of the bridge, and its height from thewater. Its breadth in the middle is about 60 feet, butmore at the ends, and the thickness of the mass at thesummit of the arch, about 40 feet. A part of this thicknessis constituted by a coat of earth, which gives growth tomany…
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