The Columbia River . milar relation to ]Mt. Adams, forty milesdistant, and is drained by the White Salmon favourable points on the River, or from theheights which border it, we obtain views of the twopeaks which create an unappeasable longing to treadtheir crags and snow-fields. Though truly mountainvalleys, these two valleys are of spacious extent. Theyare moreover so richly provided with sun and waterand all the ingredients of soil necessary to produce thechoicest fruit that they have become the very paradiseof the orchardist. The Hood River apples grace thetables of royalty in th
The Columbia River . milar relation to ]Mt. Adams, forty milesdistant, and is drained by the White Salmon favourable points on the River, or from theheights which border it, we obtain views of the twopeaks which create an unappeasable longing to treadtheir crags and snow-fields. Though truly mountainvalleys, these two valleys are of spacious extent. Theyare moreover so richly provided with sun and waterand all the ingredients of soil necessary to produce thechoicest fruit that they have become the very paradiseof the orchardist. The Hood River apples grace thetables of royalty in the old world and delight the palatesof epicures in both hemispheres, while to the eyes andthe nostrils of any one of delicate sensibilities theircolour and fragrance impart a still more aesthetic we pass on down the river from those two valesof beauty and plenty, we begin to see the first of thoselofty crags on either hand, the basaltic pinnacles, tur-retted, spired, castellated, which make the distinguishing. Where River and Mountain Meet 349 feature of Columbia River scenery for these fifty Point, Shell Rock Mountain, Wind Moun-tain, Bald Mountain, and Mt. Defiance are the firstgroup. The lowest of the group attains an elevation ofnearly two thousand feet, almost perpendicular, whileat the summit of the crags rise a thousand feet higheryet long grassy slopes alternating with splendid forests. As we near the Cascades we note another curiousphenomenon. This is the sunken forest on either low water these old tree trunks become very ob-servable, and their general appearance suggests at oncethat they are the remains of a former forest submergedby a permanent rise in the river. This explanation isconfirmed by the fact that from The Dalles to theCascades the river is very deep and sluggish. Whenwe reach the Cascades a third fact is revealed and thatis that at the chief cataract the river bank is continu-ally sliding into the river. Trees are thrown do
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