The New England magazine . dings skirtthe parade on the side of the mountain; and forward, toward the river, onthe western edge, stands a spacious hotel, from the verandahs of which thetraveller gets a view through the highlands, that he remembers till he up before him, with the smooth curve of an eagles ascent, rises theold cronest of the culprit Fay, a bright green mountain, that thrusts itstopmost pine into the sky; the Donderbarrak, or, (if it were not sacriledgeto translate so fine a name for a mountain,) the Thunder-chamber, heavesits round shoulder beyond; back from the oppos
The New England magazine . dings skirtthe parade on the side of the mountain; and forward, toward the river, onthe western edge, stands a spacious hotel, from the verandahs of which thetraveller gets a view through the highlands, that he remembers till he up before him, with the smooth curve of an eagles ascent, rises theold cronest of the culprit Fay, a bright green mountain, that thrusts itstopmost pine into the sky; the Donderbarrak, or, (if it were not sacriledgeto translate so fine a name for a mountain,) the Thunder-chamber, heavesits round shoulder beyond; back from the opposite shore, as if it recoiledfrom these, leans the bold cliff of Breknock; and then looking out, as iffrom a cavern, into the sunlight, the eye drops beyond upon a sheet ofwide-spreading water, with an emerald island in its bosom; the white build-ings of Newburgh creeping back to the plains beyond, and in the far, fardistance, the wavy and blue line of the Kattskills, as if it were the dim-seen edge of an outer horizon. 454. VIEW FROM RUGGLES HOUSE, NEWBURGH,HUDSON RIVER 1 KTEWBURGH has a considerable trade^ with the back country, andX\ supports two or three steam-boats, running daily and exclusively be-tween its pier and New York. If there were wanting an index of the won-drous advance of enterprise and invention in our country, we need not seekfurther than this simple fact — a small intermediate town, on one river, sup-porting such an amount of expensive navigation. Only thirty years ago Ful-ton made his first experiment in steam on the Hudson, amid the unbeliefand derision of the whole country. Let anyone stand for an hour on thepier at Newburgh, and see those superb and swift palaces of motion sweeppast, one after the other, like gay and chasing meteors and then read poorFultons account of his first experiment—and never again throw discourage-ment on the kindling fire of genius. When I was building my first steam-boat, said he to Judge Story, theproject was viewed by the
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