. The Catskill Mountains; . alley, through which you came, in the foreground;toward the west are farms and hamlets of Delaware, and farbelow the shelving rocks on which you stand is the green valleyof virgin forest: and toward the north and east are mountainspiled on mountains. The Belle Ayr slope, here known as Highmount, is dotted here and there with pretty cottages ina park of i,soo mountain acres, with an average elevation ofover 2,000 feet. The region also abounds in interesting drivesand finny brooks, which greatly enhance the normal pleasuresof mountain summer life. Gently now the train
. The Catskill Mountains; . alley, through which you came, in the foreground;toward the west are farms and hamlets of Delaware, and farbelow the shelving rocks on which you stand is the green valleyof virgin forest: and toward the north and east are mountainspiled on mountains. The Belle Ayr slope, here known as Highmount, is dotted here and there with pretty cottages ina park of i,soo mountain acres, with an average elevation ofover 2,000 feet. The region also abounds in interesting drivesand finny brooks, which greatly enhance the normal pleasuresof mountain summer life. Gently now the train begins to move down the hill, andsoon the brakes are firmly set and all steam is shut off for thegreat slide. You see an occasional cottage in the ravine on theright and anon a trim and pretty hamlet in the valley, withmany elaborate and costly cottages surrounded by well keptlawns and handsome grounds, some of which have been carvedout of the mountain side itself, so little room is there in thevalley basin. The station is. THE , MOUNTAINS. 65 PLEISCHMANNS (Griffins Cor- I ncrs). M;iny men of wealth and1, station have beautiful cottages andgiounds here, especially the wellknown Fleischmann family, whichhas had so large a share in the de-velopment of the place. Many ofthese handsome homes are on the^ / bluffs, south of the track. ; There is now a change of land- scape : the w lid and mountainous aspect peculiar to the Ulstersection giving place to the pastoral and placid features ofcleared land and agricultural life. You are now entering adairyland, with its thoroughbred cows, its rich milk and gilt
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