. The Catskill Mountains; . hadows of buried centuries have chased eachother in cosmic glee. These yawning canyons, dark, deep andcool, where the shimmering trout streams babble among thegnarled roots and mossv boulders, to the echoing refrain of thelichen-clad walls of precipitous rock. Listen to the mellowcadence of Natures breath fresh from the verdant throat of themountain. There is naught to disturb the peaceful harmony ofthis Arcadian realm. See up yonder, at the head of the gorgein which you stand, that slender scarf of sparkling water,wearied at last with its winding career for many a
. The Catskill Mountains; . hadows of buried centuries have chased eachother in cosmic glee. These yawning canyons, dark, deep andcool, where the shimmering trout streams babble among thegnarled roots and mossv boulders, to the echoing refrain of thelichen-clad walls of precipitous rock. Listen to the mellowcadence of Natures breath fresh from the verdant throat of themountain. There is naught to disturb the peaceful harmony ofthis Arcadian realm. See up yonder, at the head of the gorgein which you stand, that slender scarf of sparkling water,wearied at last with its winding career for many a mountainmile, or its dreamy life among the stones and roots of quietpools, now leaping madly, beautifully over the jutting rock,down, down the precipice hundreds of feet, breaking into asheenv shower of fleecy foam, sending up a crystal spray,which bedews the surrounding foliage and paints the rainbowacross the slanting sunbeams. Or. climb to the breezv crestthat pierces the clouds and bathe in the filmy vapor that tlits up. THE MOUNTAINS. 33 the mountain side and scuds past vour face on the wings of thewind. Wrapped now in mist as in mid-ocean, anon the veil islifted, the sun breaks through, and you stand entranced at themarvelous beauty of the checkered valley which slumbersbeneath your feet. Or, at daybreak, as the sun peers over therim of the eastern hills nnd irradiates the sleeping landscapewith amber and gold, painting in gorgeous hues the rolling,tumbling masses of cloud far down over the quiet valley. Andanon as the vapor lifts and scatters before the rays of theadvancing sun, the scene becomes indescribably again, as the angry little midday showers gather, breakand finish their noisy career, far below the placid sunshine ofthe mountain top which surrounds you. Or choose some oneof the colossal boulders that lie strewn around, as thoughdropped like a pebble from some mighty hand, and watch thegathering fury of a storm, which no man need ever
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