The Hudson, from the wilderness to the sea . ne before us, she says, was a vast panorama, constantly varying andchanging. The blue of the depths and distances—clouds, mountains, andshadows—was such that the perception entered into our very souls. Howshall I describe the colour ? It was not mazarine, because there was noblackness in it; it was not sunlit atmosphere, because there was no whitebrightness in it; and yet there was a sort of hidden, beaming brilliancy, THE HUDSON. 159 that completely absorbed our eyes and hearts. It was not the blue of water,because it was not liquid or crystal-like
The Hudson, from the wilderness to the sea . ne before us, she says, was a vast panorama, constantly varying andchanging. The blue of the depths and distances—clouds, mountains, andshadows—was such that the perception entered into our very souls. Howshall I describe the colour ? It was not mazarine, because there was noblackness in it; it was not sunlit atmosphere, because there was no whitebrightness in it; and yet there was a sort of hidden, beaming brilliancy, THE HUDSON. 159 that completely absorbed our eyes and hearts. It was not the blue of water,because it was not liquid or crystal-like; it was something as the calm, soft, lustre of a steady blue eye And how various were the forms and motions of the vapour! Hills, mountains, domes, pyramids, wreathsand sprays of mist arose, mounted, hung, fell, curled, and almost leapedbefore us, white with their own spotlessness, but not bright with the suns rays, for the luminary was still obscured We looked down to beliold what we might discover. A breath of heaven cleared the mist. VIEW FROM SOITII MOr]S-TAI>. from below,—softly at first, but gradually more decisive. Larger anddarker became a spot in the magic depths, when, lo ! as in a vision, fields,trees, fences, and the habitations of men were revealed before our the first time something real and refined lay before us, far down inthat wonderful gulf. Far beneath heaven and us slept a speck of creation,unlighted by the evening rays that touched us, and colourless in thetwilight obscurity. Intently we watched the magic glass, but—did webreathe upon its surface ?—a mist fell before us, and we looked up as ifawakened from a dream. 160 THE HUDSON. Although the Mountain House is far below the higher summits of therange, portions of four States of the Union, and an area of about tenthousand square miles, are comprised in the scope of vision from its the top of the South Mountain near, and three hundred feet abovethe Mountain House, and of th
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