. The pictorial sketch-book of Pennsylvania, or, Its scenery, internal improvements, resources, and agriculture, populary described . d of navigation and landupon the green sloping banks, which are sprinkled with gay wildflowers, and shaded with tall majestic trees. Here the perfume ofthe well-tilled harvest fields, borne along in the cool evening breeze,saluted the grateful senses; and then, with one accord, all wouldplunge into the stream, Whose crystal depthA sandy bottom shows, and lave its pure bright waters until, late in the evening, and fa-tigued with the labors of the expedition, we s
. The pictorial sketch-book of Pennsylvania, or, Its scenery, internal improvements, resources, and agriculture, populary described . d of navigation and landupon the green sloping banks, which are sprinkled with gay wildflowers, and shaded with tall majestic trees. Here the perfume ofthe well-tilled harvest fields, borne along in the cool evening breeze,saluted the grateful senses; and then, with one accord, all wouldplunge into the stream, Whose crystal depthA sandy bottom shows, and lave its pure bright waters until, late in the evening, and fa-tigued with the labors of the expedition, we sought Tired natures sweet restorer—Balmy sleep. P II a: N I X V I L L E TUNNEL. 69 Thus flew the happy, merry summer evenings when Taylor was avillage editor, and when the fair prospect of a future glorious careerwas budding, and gradually opening out before him. Success to thee,poet!—thou more than poet—soaring eagle!—hail! Proceeding on our tour, we pass through a tunnel, a short distanceiibove Phocnixville, which is over 2000 feet in length. It is cutthrough a solid dark-red sandstone rock, and is probably one of the. TUNNEL AND BRIDGE ABOVE PnffiNIXTILLE. heaviest sections of railroading ever executed in the United States,as, in fixct, the entire road may bo regarded as one of the most ex-traordinary, in many respects, in the world. Emerging from thetunnel, and crossing the splendid and substantial stone-arched bridge,the scenery is entirely changed. Here the eager eye may take in aglorious landscape. The Schuylkill, winding around the projectinghill through which we have passed, describes a half-circle in a dis-tance of little more than a mile. As far as the eye can see, a broadand luxuriant valley, lying between gently sloping hills, stretchesout, through which wanders the river. The scene is rich in its de-velopment of agricultural fertility, and the green fields sparkle withthe neat and comfortable habitations of the farmer. From the moist meadow to the withered
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