across the head of the picture far above you, and sweetened the solitude below. On the right and left, the majestic rocks arose, with the decision of a wall, but without its uniformity, massive, broken, beautiful, and supplying a most admirable foreground; and, everywhere, the most delicate stems were planted in their crevices, and waving their heads in the soft breeze, which occasionally came over them. The eye now ran through the bridge, and was gratified with a lovely vista. The Blue Mountains stood out in the background; beneath them, the hills and woods gathered together, so as to enclose the dell below; while the creek, which was coursing away from them, seemed to have its well-head hidden in their recesses. Then there is the arch distinct from everything, and above everything. Massive as it is, it is light and beautiful by its height, and the fine trees on its summit seem now only like a garland of evergreens; and, elevated as it is, its apparent elevation is wonderfully increased by the narrowness of its piers, and by its outline being drawn on the blue sky, which appears beneath and above it! Oh, it is sublime--so strong, and yet so elegant--springing from the earth, and bathing its head in heaven! But it is the sublime not allied to the terrific, as at Niagara; it is the sublime associated with the pleasing. I sat and gazed in wonder and astonishment. That afternoon was the shortest I ever remember. I had quickly, too quickly, to leave the spot for ever; but the music of those waters, the luxury of those shades, the form and colour of those rocks, and that arch--that arch--rising over all, and seeming to offer a passage to the skies--O, they will never leave me!" Leaving the Natural Bridge, we proceed to DIBRELL'S SPRING, In Botetourt County, 19 miles. "This watering-place is 43 miles from the White Sulphur. The buildings here are very neat and comfortable, and sufficient for the accommodation of about 200 persons." The following analysis of the water is by Professor Rogers: _Solid Ingredients._ Carbonate of soda, Sulphate of soda, Chloride of sodium, Carbonate of magnesia, Peroxide of iron, Silicia dissolved. "Organic matter containing chloride of potassium, nitrogen, carbonate of lime, and carbonate of ammonia. _Gaseous Ingredients._ Carbonic acid, Oxygen, Sulphuretted hydrogen, Nitrogen. "The water of Dibrell's Spring partakes of all the general characteristics of the other sulphur waters, and may be used with good effects in all cases to which such waters are adapted. In certain dyspeptic depravities, especially, it deserves a high rank among our mineral waters." From Dibrell's Spring the road leads by Clifton Forge, 10 miles,--the scenery at this place is very fine,--Covington, 13 miles, and to Calahan's, 5 miles.