Popular resorts, and how to reach them . her sublimities ofnature, no less equal in their impressiveness and startling are water leaps of loftier heights, and amid scenes that fill thesoul with delight and awe. But no such vast volume, no like rush andturmoil and thunder, has yet been discovered in the habitable parts ofthe globe. We find inexpressible delight and profound emotion in everyvariety of earths peculiar, more exceptional, and fanciful aspects,—inthe tender and sweet calm of woodland green, and shady solitudes ofrills and wild flowers and birds, and the wavy mists of
Popular resorts, and how to reach them . her sublimities ofnature, no less equal in their impressiveness and startling are water leaps of loftier heights, and amid scenes that fill thesoul with delight and awe. But no such vast volume, no like rush andturmoil and thunder, has yet been discovered in the habitable parts ofthe globe. We find inexpressible delight and profound emotion in everyvariety of earths peculiar, more exceptional, and fanciful aspects,—inthe tender and sweet calm of woodland green, and shady solitudes ofrills and wild flowers and birds, and the wavy mists of remoter hills ; inthe great stabs and scars which mighty convulsions have inflicted ; in thestern and sterile summits where ice and snow forever reign; in the cas-cades, the sinuous streams, the wave-washed crags of the Atlanticshores. But from none of these come such profound imi:)ressions asfrom the awful plunges and the reverberating thunders of Niagara a thousand pretentious rivals, it is the crowned monarch of 204 POPULAB RESORTS, AND HOW TO REACH THEM. PLEASURE ROUTE No. 16. From New York City to Niagara Palls and the West,via Erie Railway. ERIE RAILWAY. The Erie Railway is one of the main trunk lines connecting the sea-board with the great inland lakes. Reaching from New York to LakeErie at Dunkirk, with a branch to Lake Ontario at Rochester, and anotli-er to Buffalo, connecting with the lines from the other inland seas, it hasbecome one of the great arteries of the country, second to none in carry-ing capacity. Its passenger-trains are equipped with the finest coachesmade ; its broad-gauge road-bed challenges comparison for smoothnessand safety; and its railway hotels and restaurants are placed at convenientdistances, and kept in unexceptionable condition. The Avhole extent of the line lies through a country rich in rare scenesof romantic beauty, and wooded, picturesque loveliness, and has longbeen, and wiU long be, a favorite route for the summer
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