. The Catskills . Photograph by J. B. Allisoa Hunter Notch—Stony Clove STONY CLOVE 127 There follows the railroads description. I amresponsible for the italics, because I could nt bearfor any one to miss the idea that the scenerythrough this pleasant valley is going to be ^aw-fully grand. * Geologists differ as to the probable cause of this cleav-age of the crags. Steeple Mountain and Burnt Knob riseabruptly skyward over across the valley, and there arevarious other soaring peaks with craggy crests now com-ing into view which add rugged grandeur to the . Edgewood, 1787 feet above the t


. The Catskills . Photograph by J. B. Allisoa Hunter Notch—Stony Clove STONY CLOVE 127 There follows the railroads description. I amresponsible for the italics, because I could nt bearfor any one to miss the idea that the scenerythrough this pleasant valley is going to be ^aw-fully grand. * Geologists differ as to the probable cause of this cleav-age of the crags. Steeple Mountain and Burnt Knob riseabruptly skyward over across the valley, and there arevarious other soaring peaks with craggy crests now com-ing into view which add rugged grandeur to the . Edgewood, 1787 feet above the tide, . . where afew acres of almost perpendicular meadows havebeen reclaimed from the relentless grasp of the greatCRAG. . Well, there you get one notion: crags and cragsand crags, until the neck is cricked and the headdizzy with the vertiginous display. One mightalmost suppose that the traveling public wouldhesitate to intrust itself to a passage imperiledby such overwhelming crags. If you visit the pla


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