. Harpers' New York and Erie rail-road guide book .. . ulvert, perhaps, unsuited to the wants ofthe creek, here we have a strong and enduring bridge—amonument of skill—an arch of triumph—a wonder of theworld—not marring, hut heightening by contrast the ro-mantic beauties of the ravine. Well did General Scottexclaim, after watching a heavy train cross its untrem-bling fabric, The man who could throw a cow-path overthat gulf deserves a crown! This bridge cost about $70,000, was a year and a halfin building, and is the work of John Fowler. From thebridge, looking north, we catch the first glimpse
. Harpers' New York and Erie rail-road guide book .. . ulvert, perhaps, unsuited to the wants ofthe creek, here we have a strong and enduring bridge—amonument of skill—an arch of triumph—a wonder of theworld—not marring, hut heightening by contrast the ro-mantic beauties of the ravine. Well did General Scottexclaim, after watching a heavy train cross its untrem-bling fabric, The man who could throw a cow-path overthat gulf deserves a crown! This bridge cost about $70,000, was a year and a halfin building, and is the work of John Fowler. From thebridge, looking north, we catch the first glimpse of theValley of the Susquehanna, which, a few yards further,bursts upon our view in all its unconcealed from the close, tedious lane that has so longhemmed us in, we run along a straight terrace cut in themountain side 200 ieet above the valley, and look downupon a landscape, the shortest glance at which will for-ever haunt the traveler with its vision of beauty. Itseems as if this lovely river and vale had gathered their. NEW YORK AND ERIK RAIL-ROAD. 119 choicest charms into one gracious greeting, to cheer usafter the passage of the wild and desolate mountain be-hind. We have attempted to convey an idea of the sweetfeatures of this remarkable landscape, but what pencil orpen can portray the soul and essence of the beauty wrappedin their delicious hues—the pastoral repose brooding overthose undulating hills and fair meadows, receding in thefar, misty distance, when seen under an autumnal sky ?The swelling mass of the wooded mountain on the left,with its shadowy form reflected in that broad curve of theriver, contrasts well with the expanse of fields and pas-tures gently swelling upward on the right; and while thestream, momentarily vanishing, again lights up the dis-tant vale with two bright links of its current, the plainimmediately below us shows a snug farm-house, with itsbarns, orchard, and garden, and bright, green meadowsdotted with cattle,
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