. Harpers' New York and Erie rail-road guide book .. . with its base mapped off into meadows, and its upper halfan unbroken forest. This picture should be first seen atsunset, when the purple mass of the mountains is reflectedin the river, save where its shallow bed breaks it into abright ripple, across which you may often see the dark-ened figures of damsels wading. That is a custom muchhonored in this region when the Delaware is low; and itis a piquant sight to witness their dainty style of fording,indulging in many a graceful bend as their tender solescome in contact with envious gravel; or
. Harpers' New York and Erie rail-road guide book .. . with its base mapped off into meadows, and its upper halfan unbroken forest. This picture should be first seen atsunset, when the purple mass of the mountains is reflectedin the river, save where its shallow bed breaks it into abright ripple, across which you may often see the dark-ened figures of damsels wading. That is a custom muchhonored in this region when the Delaware is low; and itis a piquant sight to witness their dainty style of fording,indulging in many a graceful bend as their tender solescome in contact with envious gravel; or, suddenly plump-ing into unexpected depths, they regulate with modest in-genuity the height of their garments above the enamoredtide , From this point we leave theriver suddenly,passing througha fine plain ofgreat fertility;we then crossthe east branchof the Delaware by a long wooden bridge, and find our-. NEW YORK AND ERIE RAIL-ROAD, 99 selves in that most beautiful of all villages along theroad, Chehocton (from New York 164 miles, from Dunkirk296 miles). Thanks to the resolute taste of those who
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