A new and popular Pictorial History of the United States . the only shelter to befound es, which j came from a half a mile up I lie side of I the mountain, rushing down at an angleof forty-five degrees, and precipitateditself into the bed of the S;ico, which is \ iu;arly three hiindied leiM Inflow. I The road rises with a steep ascentfor a considerable distance before itreaches the Notch, and the traveller ol)-serves two cataracts, one pouring downa precipitous mountain at a distance onthe west side of the valliv. and tlu^other, which is called the Flume, rush-ing down on the right hand, and c
A new and popular Pictorial History of the United States . the only shelter to befound es, which j came from a half a mile up I lie side of I the mountain, rushing down at an angleof forty-five degrees, and precipitateditself into the bed of the S;ico, which is \ iu;arly three hiindied leiM Inflow. I The road rises with a steep ascentfor a considerable distance before itreaches the Notch, and the traveller ol)-serves two cataracts, one pouring downa precipitous mountain at a distance onthe west side of the valliv. and tlu^other, which is called the Flume, rush-ing down on the right hand, and cross-ing the road under a bridt>e. Thescenery is sublime and impressive be-yond descripti<m. There is also anotherflume just 46 DESCRIPTION OF THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. The Notch is so narrow as to allowonly room enongh for the path, and theSaco, which is htno a mere brook, onlyfour feel in breadth. It is remarkablethat the Saco and the Ammonoosucspring from fountains on Mount Wash-ington, witliin ])(!rhaps sixty yards ofeach other, tliougli the former emptiesinto the Atlantic, and the latter joinsCoiUHicticiit riv(!r. Another branch ofthe Ammonoosuc ap])roaches the Saco,in one place, within about six hundredyards. They are both crossed beyondthe Notch. The head-waters of theMerrimac rise within about a mile anda half of this place, and run down along ravine, little less remarkable thanthat of the Saco. A road was first made through theNotch in 1785. It was My or sixtyfeet higher than the present turnpike,and so steep that it was necessary todraw horses and wagons up with assessment for the turnpike wasmade in 1806. Two rocks stand at the sides of thisrem;irkable passage, one twenty, andthe othe
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