He knows enough of hot climates, by experience, to fly from the hiss of these subterraneous furnaces.

Standing amid the roaring, thundering, stupendous wonder of two hundred spouting water springs, we felt like crying out, "Great and marvelous are thy works, Lord God almighty!" Let all the chemists and geologists of the world come and see the footstep of God in crystals of alum and sulphur and salt.

Here is the chemist's shop of the continent.

Enough black indelible ink rushes out of this well, with terrific plash, to supply all the scribes of the world.

There are infinite fortunes for those who will delve for the borax, nitric and sulphuric acid, soda, magnesia and other valuables.