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It includes two hundred and fifty feet of solid salt, in several distinct beds, each sealed within the shales of the series. Would you expect to find ancient beds of rock salt inclosed in beds of pervious sandstone? The salt beds of the Salina are of great value. They are reached by well borings, and their brines are evaporated by solar heat and by boiling.
When Salina became aware of this, her glance fell inside the carriage again, and she saw Mary Fuller leaning forward and gazing after Isabel with her eyes full of tears. Instantly a change came over the rough manner of the woman she remembered her encomiums on Isabel's beauty with a quick sense of shame, and leaning forward reached out both hands.
Had Salina looked up she might have seen that Mary's eyes were heavy and moist, as if she had been weeping, but the strong-minded maiden had emptied her apron, and sat with a large earthen bowl in her lap, beating a dozen eggs tempestuously together, as if they had given her mortal offence, and she were taking revenge with every dash of her hand.
"But I wouldn't have gone, you know I wouldn't for anything he could say," cried Salina, firing up amid her tears. "If you hadn't said go, all the doctors on arth couldn't have made me stir a foot!" "Yes, I told you to go, but it was in bitterness of heart; why should I with that living soul in my lap, and that cold body before me, keep you from the rich woman's couch?
"I'll take my Bible oath of that," cried Salina, reddening suddenly around the eyes, "I never set eyes on anything half so purty in my life." "I gave up all for this child, and so did Nathan; we both agreed to live single for her sake and be parents to her."
"I shan't shan't I?" answered Joe, who was reinforced by half a dozen laughing youngsters, all eager for a frolic; "well, I never did take a stump from a gal in my life, so here goes for that kiss." Joe bounded forward as he spoke, and made a snatch at Salina with his great hands; but, with the quickness of a deer, she sprang aside, leaving her black silk apron in his grasp.
Salina would have puzzled him exceedingly but for the pre-occupation of his feelings. As it was, the old man was rather sorry that she would go home alone, in all the rain, but his heart was too heavy for a second thought on the subject.
I do not pretend to be a judge of these matters, but really I believe Salina was a little taken aback, when she came forth into the porch, with her dress nicely tucked up, and her shawl folded in a fashion that left one arm at liberty, and saw uncle Nathan sitting there in the dark, instead of standing by the cheese-press, hat in hand, determined to escort her as a man of spirit ought to have been, after the trouble she had taken with the shawl.
Those of pear-shape easily fetch thirty-six to forty dollars. This again should be taken in hand by Government; and regular "salterns," like those of Triestine Capodistria, would greatly increase the quantity. Nothing can be better than the quality except rock-salt. There is another salina about one hour down the coast, formed by a reef, near the Ras el-Ma'llah.
To our right lay the sparkling, glittering white plain and pool, El-Mellahah, "the salina." After an hour and a quarter of sandy and dusty ride, we passed through a "gate" formed by the Hamirat-Wijh, the red range which, backing the gape of the valley and apparently close behind the town, strikes the eye from the offing.
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