In and out of Ithaca : a description of the village, the surrounding scenery and Cornell University . ng downa short inclined and moss-lined channel, takes a head-long leap clear of the brink, and is dashed in sprayon the conical rock a hundred and forty feet be-low. The gray and lofty walls ; the massy columns atthe door ; the overhanging roof a hundred and sixtyfeet above ; the azure canopy; the eastward altar, hungwith its adornments of velvet moss ; the richly blendingcolors ; the profound peace, broken only by the sweet,solemn chant of the mist-robed choir, mingled with thedeep-toned acco
In and out of Ithaca : a description of the village, the surrounding scenery and Cornell University . ng downa short inclined and moss-lined channel, takes a head-long leap clear of the brink, and is dashed in sprayon the conical rock a hundred and forty feet be-low. The gray and lofty walls ; the massy columns atthe door ; the overhanging roof a hundred and sixtyfeet above ; the azure canopy; the eastward altar, hungwith its adornments of velvet moss ; the richly blendingcolors ; the profound peace, broken only by the sweet,solemn chant of the mist-robed choir, mingled with thedeep-toned accompaniment of the wind-swept evergreensfringing the crests, make the grandeur of the scene sol-emnly impressive. No name could be more appropriatethan The Cathedral. If the visitor has come thus far, he will not need tobe told to turn around and go back. The vertical cliffssurrounding him do not offer the faintest suggestion ofany passage over them. It is possible, of course, to goback and follow up the ravine on the bank ; but havingshown you its grand cathedral, Ljck Brook has givenyou its FAEE—ENFIELD. XXVIII. ENFIELD GORGE. Next to the Fall Creek Gorge, the Enfield Glen ismost frequented by visitors. It is inferior in many re-spects to the former, whose wonders it repeats with vari-ation. The head of the gorge is between six and sevenmiles from Ithaca, and is reached by driving out, eitheron Cayuga street, or along the street at the foot of WestHill, for both roads unite three miles from town. Aguide-board at a division of the road, just before reach-ing the house of man}- gables, points to the right-handfork. Follow this past a little bridge, and up the hillfor two miles. Just beyond a white school-house, turnto the left down a steep pitch into the little village ofEnfield Falls. The small, neatly kept hotel down agreen lane to the left, will provide you with a dinner orlunch, upon which the most fastidious could not fail topass emphatic approval. The entr
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