PEN ARLE ROCK
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One ofthe most rema rkable rocks of which
we have any knowledge, has been lately
discovered in the middle ofthat great inland
sea, Lake Superior. BY a gentleman who
has rscently returned TO this city from Cop
per Harbor, we learn that a shaft of Trappe
rock has very lately been discovered, rising
in the lake from $50 10 200 miles from land,
and ascending above the surface ofthe water,
a distance of moi above four feet. WhatTen-
ders it more extraordinary is that it stands
alone, and all around it as far as examina-
tions have been made, no bottom has been
reached by any of the lead lines used on
the lake, and the point of the rock itself
does not exceed an area of more than six OF
seven feet square, and SO far as observations
of il have extended, it does not appear TO en-
large in size as il desends. 1t has already,
he states, become a sourse of alarm 10 the
mariners who navigate the lake, who take
special care in passing, TO give it as wide a
berth as possible. 1t is too small-to re.
mote and dangerous to admit of light, and
| therefore, its removal has became a matter
/ of serious importance, and will doubtless
pertain to the duty OF government. A sin
gle blast from bore of sufficient depth
would probably do it, but the surface of the
rock being so near that of the water, and
the space SO narrow as to forbid any regular
| Judgement for workmen, they would have tC
be attended constantly by a vessel of sufi
cient size TO resist any sudden storm of tht
lake, and would also ha We to be kept con
stantly under way, as no ha:bor or even bot
TOM for an anchor is within day s sail.


The DISCOVERIES relate that the rock ap
pears TO be a place of general resort for the
Salmon Trout of those lakes, as they fount
them there in almost incalculable numbers


having, during their short stay, caught sever
al barrels with no other instrument than roC
of iron, on one end of which they turned


hook. They tried with all their lines OIL
board, for soundings Immediately around tht


rock, but without success. Such vast col


umn, could it be exposed TO view, .woult


laugh into ridicule CleopaHa's needle, Pom
pey's pillar, the COLOSSUS of Rhodes or an


production of ancient Or modern art.