. The Catskill Mountains; . THE CATSKILL MOUNTAINS. 53. PHOENICIA. This is one of the mostimportant stations on the line. You arenow twentv-eight miles from the riverand 794 teet above it. with lofty moan-s tain peaks on every hand. It is theentrance of the famous Stony CloveCan von, and the southern terminusof the Stony Clove and KaaterskillBranch of the Ulster & Delaware system. You are now wellinto the mountains and the scenery is wild and is late in the day when the sun peers over the eastern skylineon Mount Tremper. and comparatively early in the afternoonwhen the western s
. The Catskill Mountains; . THE CATSKILL MOUNTAINS. 53. PHOENICIA. This is one of the mostimportant stations on the line. You arenow twentv-eight miles from the riverand 794 teet above it. with lofty moan-s tain peaks on every hand. It is theentrance of the famous Stony CloveCan von, and the southern terminusof the Stony Clove and KaaterskillBranch of the Ulster & Delaware system. You are now wellinto the mountains and the scenery is wild and is late in the day when the sun peers over the eastern skylineon Mount Tremper. and comparatively early in the afternoonwhen the western shadows begin to envelop the little your engine, having taken a fresh drink of mountainwater, gets the signal and skips off up the valley with a busi-ness-like snort, winding now closely along the left bank of theEsopus, which lessens in volume as the region of its source isapproached. But the little valley grows in wildness and beautywith every mile, and the mountains become higher and and anon you wonder how the rock
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