History and description of New EnglandNew Hampshire . e quicksilver uponthe bed of quartz below,in a moment againgathering them up andgliding noiselessly onfor some distance o\eithe smooth floor, thenmaking another detomby the irregular pio-jections of rock, ne\rissuing in a do/eiistreamlets, to meetagain and fall quietlyinto some pool, anonlost in a thicket, thenemerging to make thepassage of anotheisteep, bringing up uisome basin, from wluth ^^^it s]iring3 and huuieson as if impatient otobstruction, — dashmg,foaming, gurgling, glid-ing, sparkling, throw ingu|i spray, and repeatingits jolliti
History and description of New EnglandNew Hampshire . e quicksilver uponthe bed of quartz below,in a moment againgathering them up andgliding noiselessly onfor some distance o\eithe smooth floor, thenmaking another detomby the irregular pio-jections of rock, ne\rissuing in a do/eiistreamlets, to meetagain and fall quietlyinto some pool, anonlost in a thicket, thenemerging to make thepassage of anotheisteep, bringing up uisome basin, from wluth ^^^it s]iring3 and huuieson as if impatient otobstruction, — dashmg,foaming, gurgling, glid-ing, sparkling, throw ingu|i spray, and repeatingits jollities, till its iatalliup into the Sato,wiiere its identity is foi-ever lost, — all renderii one of the most beau-tiful cascades in theworld. Further down ^^!is a second cascade,called the Flume, fall-ing 2)0 feet over threeprecipices, — in a Mn-gli current over thetwo first, and in thieestreamlets over the third, all lieiiig reunited in a small basin at the bottom. Approachingthe gate of the Notch, — which is formed of two perpendicular walls,. Silver Ciacadc 68S HISTORY AXD DESCRIPTIOX OF XEW ENGLAND. fifry feet liigli and twenty-two feet apart, Mount Webster stands withshaggy front upon the right, and Mount Willard upon the left, oppositethe cascade, with a deep, dark ravine at its base. Near its top is themoutli of a large, unexplored cavern, called the Devils Den. Havingjjassed the gate, the Crawford, the largest house in the mountainregion, stands in full view. From this place is the principal i-outeof ascent to Mount Washington, upon the south and west sides of tiiemountains. The traveller is now in the valley of the Ammonoosuc, thelower falls being about a half mile off. The two upper falls, about fourmiles distant, are reached by a romantic bridle path. The Ammo-noosuc is the wildest, most rapid and violent river in New falls nearly five thousand feet from its source on the mountain towhere it enters the Connecticut. The whole distance of thirty miles
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