[Mary at the Farm and Book of Recipes Compiled during Her Visit by Edith M. Thomas]@TWC D-Link bookMary at the Farm and Book of Recipes Compiled during Her Visit CHAPTER XVIII 12/16
The rocks are piled upon each other to an unknown depth, not a particle of earth being found between them, and not a bush or spear of grass to be seen.
They occupy a space of about four and a half acres and are a natural curiosity well worth seeing.
The young folks scrambled over the rocks for a time, and, having made them ring to their hearts' content, were satisfied to return to camp and supper. [Illustration: BIG ROCK AT ROCKY DALE] "Not far distant from High Falls," said John Landis, when all were comfortably seated near the table, with a sandwich in hand, "is a place called Roaring Rocks, also a freak of nature.
I remember, when a boy, I always went there in the fall of the year, after the first hard frost, to pick persimmons.
The water could he distinctly heard running underneath the rocks at a considerable depth." Ralph Jackson remarked to Aunt Sarah: "I never imagined there were so many interesting, natural features right here in Bucks County." "Oh, yes," exclaimed the impressible Fritz Schmidt, "we have a few things besides pigs and potatoes." "Yes, Ralph," said the Professor, "there are still several places of interest you will like to see.
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