. Harpers' New York and Erie rail-road guide book .. . but it is well worth the tourists while to walk along itsterrace, in order to judge of the difficulties overcome in run-ning a road along such a frightful precipice. What addsto its impressive grandeur is the contrast presented by theopposite shore, that rises gently from the river, skirted by agrove of willows, over which shines a calm strip of the ca-nal, bordered by smiling fields and snug dwellings. Thiscontrast is more remarkable in the morning, when a vastshadow covers the dark pines and column-like crags thatsupport the grand corrid
. Harpers' New York and Erie rail-road guide book .. . but it is well worth the tourists while to walk along itsterrace, in order to judge of the difficulties overcome in run-ning a road along such a frightful precipice. What addsto its impressive grandeur is the contrast presented by theopposite shore, that rises gently from the river, skirted by agrove of willows, over which shines a calm strip of the ca-nal, bordered by smiling fields and snug dwellings. Thiscontrast is more remarkable in the morning, when a vastshadow covers the dark pines and column-like crags thatsupport the grand corridor just traversed, and the opposite meadows, groves, basin, boats, men, and figuressparkle in the dewy light. The solitary shanty nearus, with its scant garden-patch, shows the little groundafforded for a human dwelling on our side of the Del-aware. It is said that while surveying this portion ofthe road, it was frequently necessary to let down theengineers by means of ropes to the positions they wishedto attain ! To convey some idea of the labor exp
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