A book of the United StatesExhibiting its geography, divisions, constitution, and government ..and presenting a view of the Republic generally, and of the individual states; together with a condensed history of the land, from its first discovery to the present timeThe biography of about two hundred of the leading men: a description of the principal cities and towns; with statistical tables .. . point of a projection of themountain, it disappeared from our view. The spray was so thick as tonmkr a dense r|oud, on which the sun, shining with great brilliancy, andU iig n««nrly vertir^l, imprinted
A book of the United StatesExhibiting its geography, divisions, constitution, and government ..and presenting a view of the Republic generally, and of the individual states; together with a condensed history of the land, from its first discovery to the present timeThe biography of about two hundred of the leading men: a description of the principal cities and towns; with statistical tables .. . point of a projection of themountain, it disappeared from our view. The spray was so thick as tonmkr a dense r|oud, on which the sun, shining with great brilliancy, andU iig n««nrly vertir^l, imprinted a perfert rainbow. This bow, which was. moic than eight feet in diameter, formed a circle around us slightly PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. 73 elliptical, near the centre of which we stood. As we approached the fall,the spray thickened, the splendor of the colors increased, and the shrubs,the rocks, and the water, were tinged with its choicest hues. To completethe view, a small rivulet, caused by the late rains, fell about two hundredfeet, in the form of a cascade, down the precipice, on the southern bank ofthe stream, displaying its crystal waters through the green foliage whichadorned it. We remained here enjoying the prospect for some minutes,when, drenched with spray, we reluctantly bade it adieu, with all thoseemotions which the sublimity and beauty of such a scene would CatskiU Falls. I visited the eastern cascade immediately after viewing the westernfall on the Kaaterskill, when the column of water was swollen to eight orten times its common size, and shall describe it, as it then appeared. Therock over which the water descends, projects in such a manner that thecascade forms part of a parabolic curve. After striking a rock below, itruns down an inclined plane a few rods in length, when it rushes overanother precipice of one hundred feet. The column of water remainedentire for two thirds the descent, and its surface was covered with \ richsparkling foam, which,
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