. Harper's New York and Erie rail-road guide book : containing a description of the scenery, rivers, towns, villages, and most important works on the road ; with one hundred and thirty-six engravings by Lossing and Barritt, from original sketches made expressly for this work by William Macleod . ng the hill overhangingthe depot. The locality has been laid off into lots, and nodoubt a thriving village will soon spring up round thisnew head-quarters of Vulcan. A new hotel is to be erect-ed, also, which will render it unnecessary for travelers tobe jolted two miles over a rough road, in a rude ca
. Harper's New York and Erie rail-road guide book : containing a description of the scenery, rivers, towns, villages, and most important works on the road ; with one hundred and thirty-six engravings by Lossing and Barritt, from original sketches made expressly for this work by William Macleod . ng the hill overhangingthe depot. The locality has been laid off into lots, and nodoubt a thriving village will soon spring up round thisnew head-quarters of Vulcan. A new hotel is to be erect-ed, also, which will render it unnecessary for travelers tobe jolted two miles over a rough road, in a rude car, be-fore gaining Lanesborough. We are now at the bottom of the descent from Summit, 124 GUIDE-BOOK OF THE and enter upon the lightest grade of the road, extendingas far as Hornellsville. The ascent on this section, goingwest, is nowhere ovex five feet to the mile. We also, atthis point, hid adieu to the grand and romantic scenery ofthe road, though we shall find before us much that is pic-turesque. This is the character of the Susquehanna wherewe cross its rapid current, half a mile beyond the station,by a wooden covered bridge 800 feet long, with one spanof 186, and four others of 150 feet. There are actuallytwo bridges, joined by a wooded island in the stream, whose ■.JLgUw*»*JA-l. Avild trees and the high hills around make the spot verypicturesque. The country around this point has been fa-mous as a hunting field, and many are the stories told bythe old Nimrod that keeps the bridge of not only hunt-ing deer and game, but also of the sterner sport of huntingbears and panthers, that not long since abounded in theadjacent forest. It is said deer are often seen swimmingthe Susquehanna near the bridge. Our course now lies on the right bank of the river, thatleads us a winding course among the hills, though nowand then we bolt from its company. We are very littleabove its surface, and the work for five miles is very that point, however, we pass through several rock-c
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