The Hudson, from the wilderness to the sea . ng contrast with therugged hills around. On the north side of the vaUey rises the ThundersNest (which appears in our little sketch), a lofty pile of rocks full eighthundred feet in height; and from the great bridge, three hundred feetlong, which spanned the Hudson just below the confluence, there was aview of a fine amphitheatre of hills. 56 THE HUDSON. From Taliawus, at the foot of Sandford Lake, to the confluence -withthe Scarron, at ^Varrcnsburg-, a distance of about fifty miles by its course,the Hudson flo\vs most of the way tlirough an ahnost u
The Hudson, from the wilderness to the sea . ng contrast with therugged hills around. On the north side of the vaUey rises the ThundersNest (which appears in our little sketch), a lofty pile of rocks full eighthundred feet in height; and from the great bridge, three hundred feetlong, which spanned the Hudson just below the confluence, there was aview of a fine amphitheatre of hills. 56 THE HUDSON. From Taliawus, at the foot of Sandford Lake, to the confluence -withthe Scarron, at ^Varrcnsburg-, a distance of about fifty miles by its course,the Hudson flo\vs most of the way tlirough an ahnost unbroken that region an immense amount of timber is annually cast intothe stream, to be gathered by the owners at the great boom near GlensFalls. From Warrcnsbuig to Luzerne, at Jesups Little Falls, the riveris equally xminteresting, and these two sections we omitted in our explo-rations, because they promised very small returns for the time and labourto be spent in visiting them. So at Warrensburg we left the river again,. £?• ^^- COXFLUICXCK OF THK UUDSOX AND SC.\RKO-V. and took a somewliat circuitous route to Luzerne, that wo might tiavel agood road. That route, by fir the most interesting for the tourist, leadsby the way of Caldwell, at the liead of Lake George, through a moun-tainous and very picturesque country, sparsely dotted with neat farmhousesin the intervals between the grand old hills. The road is planked, andoccasionally a fountain by the wayside sends out its clear stream fromrocks, or a mossy bank, into a rude reservoir, such as is seen delineated THE HUDSOy. Ot in the picture at the head of Chapter II. While watering onr horses atone of these, the ring of merry laughter came up through the little valleynear, and a few moments afterward we met a group of young peopleenjoying the pleasures of a pic-nic. At noon we reined up in front of the Fort AVilliam Henry Hotel, atthe head of Lake George, Avhere we dined, and then departed through the
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