. Picturesque B. and O. Historical and descriptive . thePotomac, is the dividing line between Virginia and West Virginia,which is about a mile east of Harpers Ferry and nearly parallel withthe Shenandoah at that point. Looking directly down a thousand feetor more the track of the Valley Division of the H. and O. is seen, andthe eye may follow it up the Shenandoah until lost among mountains inthe distance. Ilie liver itself is a streiini. and ;in(l therewhere the close meeting of immense bouidcus has stopped the current itbreaks over them in merry, dashing waterfalls. The g
. Picturesque B. and O. Historical and descriptive . thePotomac, is the dividing line between Virginia and West Virginia,which is about a mile east of Harpers Ferry and nearly parallel withthe Shenandoah at that point. Looking directly down a thousand feetor more the track of the Valley Division of the H. and O. is seen, andthe eye may follow it up the Shenandoah until lost among mountains inthe distance. Ilie liver itself is a streiini. and ;in(l therewhere the close meeting of immense bouidcus has stopped the current itbreaks over them in merry, dashing waterfalls. The grandest view ofall is yet to come, and the quartet, scrambling back into the vehicle,drove by a narrow and steep road down into a valley, and, almost imme-diately thereafter commenced another climb, which ends upon the highestground on Bolivar Heights. The Fairy, who had grown so disconso-late in attempting the description of Harpers Ferry and surroundingsas seen from the cars, l)ecan)o almost dispirited as he took full view Picturesque /,. and of the scene from the latest point of observation. It was of no use, lierleclared, to essay details; and beyond description was a hackneyedterm. He had, however, never before comprehended its meaning to thefullest, and he was perplexed to know what to say or where to was the Valley of the Shenandoah; to the right the Potomacbelow Harpers Ferry, the view showing through Loudon Heights onthe one hand and Maryland Heights on the other; away down in theforeground Harpers Ferry, with John Browns Fort and the arsenalruins, the tumble-down buildings and the bridge. The eye rising from
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