. Picturesque America; or, The land we live in. A delineation by pen and pencil of the mountains, rivers, lakes, forests, water-falls, shores, cañons, valleys, cities, and other picturesque features of our country . Glen Alpha. from their base ; andon the slopes thusformed, and shelvingoutward, some hem-locks and deciduoustrees find , the tallcliffs, as if spurningthese picturesque ac-cessories, close inagain, and in thecavernous gloom ofthe remote distanceanother cascade isseen flowing in awhite sheet over itsrocky ledge, andpouring its watersinto the gorge. On nearing this
. Picturesque America; or, The land we live in. A delineation by pen and pencil of the mountains, rivers, lakes, forests, water-falls, shores, cañons, valleys, cities, and other picturesque features of our country . Glen Alpha. from their base ; andon the slopes thusformed, and shelvingoutward, some hem-locks and deciduoustrees find , the tallcliffs, as if spurningthese picturesque ac-cessories, close inagain, and in thecavernous gloom ofthe remote distanceanother cascade isseen flowing in awhite sheet over itsrocky ledge, andpouring its watersinto the gorge. On nearing thisfine cascade, anoth-er stairway, thrownacross the gorge toa higher shelf pro-jecting from theface of the cliff,gives access to aremarkable us is what iscalled the Glen ofPools, from the va-riety and extent ofits water-worn ba-sins. Standing onthe bridge, and look-ing up the gorge,the eye faffs upona series of cascadesand rapids, low and 242 PIC TURESQ UE A ME Cavern Cascade, below Mountain House. broad, but very beautiful. The enclosing walls are again sufficiently broken to allow ofthe growth of trees in some places, and to let the light in freely. Beyond these, again,cascades of greater breadth drop from one rocky ledge to another, foaming and seething; WATKINS GLEN. 243
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