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KIRBY'S WONDERFUL MUSEUM,
garden, at the village of Weidan, between Bonn and Juliers,
in Germany. The leaves resemble hair standing up. On
the upper part of the root appear eyes, nose, and mouth,
and the rest of it exhibits a likeness of the other parts of the
body. The roots resemble, in some degree, arms and legs;
and the whole has the appearance of a naked female, with
her arms folded, and sitting cross-legged.
(Miscellanea curiosa Medico-pkysica, Academics, Natures,
Cur. Ann. I. Lips. 1670, p. 139.)
EVERLASTING FIRE.
In the neighbourhood of Baku, within three miles of the
Caspian sea, in Persia, is a phenomenon of a very extraor-
dinary nature, called the everlasting, or perpetual fire,
to which a sect of Indians and Persians, called Gauers, pay
religious worship. It is situated about ten miles from the
city of Baku, in the province of Shirvan, on a dry rocky
spot of ground. Here are several ancient temples, built
with stone, and supposed to have been all dedicated to fire ;
and, among the others, there is a temple in which the In-
dians now worship. Near the altar is a large hollow cave,
from the end of which issues a blue flame, in colour and
gentleness resembling a lamp, but seemingly more pure.
The Indians affirm, that this flame has continued since the
flood; and they believe, that if it were resisted or suppress-
ed in that place, it would break out, and rise in some other.
At a short distance from this temple, is a low clift of
rock, in which there is a horizontal gap, two feet from the
ground, near six feet long, and about three feet broad, out
of which issues a constant flame, of the colour and nature
already described. When the wind blows, it sometimes
rises to the height of eight feet, but is much lower in calm
weather.
KIRBY'S WONDERFUL MUSEUM,
garden, at the village of Weidan, between Bonn and Juliers,
in Germany. The leaves resemble hair standing up. On
the upper part of the root appear eyes, nose, and mouth,
and the rest of it exhibits a likeness of the other parts of the
body. The roots resemble, in some degree, arms and legs;
and the whole has the appearance of a naked female, with
her arms folded, and sitting cross-legged.
(Miscellanea curiosa Medico-pkysica, Academics, Natures,
Cur. Ann. I. Lips. 1670, p. 139.)
EVERLASTING FIRE.
In the neighbourhood of Baku, within three miles of the
Caspian sea, in Persia, is a phenomenon of a very extraor-
dinary nature, called the everlasting, or perpetual fire,
to which a sect of Indians and Persians, called Gauers, pay
religious worship. It is situated about ten miles from the
city of Baku, in the province of Shirvan, on a dry rocky
spot of ground. Here are several ancient temples, built
with stone, and supposed to have been all dedicated to fire ;
and, among the others, there is a temple in which the In-
dians now worship. Near the altar is a large hollow cave,
from the end of which issues a blue flame, in colour and
gentleness resembling a lamp, but seemingly more pure.
The Indians affirm, that this flame has continued since the
flood; and they believe, that if it were resisted or suppress-
ed in that place, it would break out, and rise in some other.
At a short distance from this temple, is a low clift of
rock, in which there is a horizontal gap, two feet from the
ground, near six feet long, and about three feet broad, out
of which issues a constant flame, of the colour and nature
already described. When the wind blows, it sometimes
rises to the height of eight feet, but is much lower in calm
weather.