[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 9/16
Recently the body of a man who had been searching for rare birds' eggs on the side of this self-same rock was found dead on the path below the rocks.
What caused his fall is not known.
No wonder Aunt Sarah says it makes her dizzy when you boys skip stones across the river while standing on the rock." The beautiful view of the Delaware River and the scenery on the opposite side was something long to be remembered.
While the party were going into raptures over the beautiful sight, Professor Schmidt turned to Mary and remarked: "In those rocks which rise in perpendicular bluffs, several hundred feet above the level of the river, are evidence that prehistoric man may have inhabited the caves in these same walls of rock along the Delaware.
From implements and weapons found, it does not require any great effort of imagination to believe the 'Cave Man' dwelt here many centuries ago." Fritz Schmidt was much interred in his father's conversation, and from that time on called Ralph Jackson Mary's "Cave Man." Leaving Top Rock, the party wended their way back to the waiting carriages in the road, and drove to the "Ringing or Musical Rocks." They had been informed that their nearest approach to the rocks was to drive into the woods to reach them.
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