. Picturesque America; or, The land we live in. A delineation by pen and pencil of the mountains, rivers, lakes, forests, water-falls, shores, cañons, valleys, cities, and other picturesque features of our country . In entering Newport Harbor, Fort Adams, forming an angle on the right-handcorner, presents to the eye a singularly beautiful and picturesque appearance. FortressMonroe is the only structure of the kind in the United States that exceeds it in sizeand cost, and a few years ago it would have seemed as if its massive walls must bestrong enough to resist any assault that could be made u
. Picturesque America; or, The land we live in. A delineation by pen and pencil of the mountains, rivers, lakes, forests, water-falls, shores, cañons, valleys, cities, and other picturesque features of our country . In entering Newport Harbor, Fort Adams, forming an angle on the right-handcorner, presents to the eye a singularly beautiful and picturesque appearance. FortressMonroe is the only structure of the kind in the United States that exceeds it in sizeand cost, and a few years ago it would have seemed as if its massive walls must bestrong enough to resist any assault that could be made upon them, and its mul-titude of ponderous cannon have been too formidable to allow the passage of anyship that floated into the waters of the Narragansett Bay. But guns have recentlybeen constructed that would send this granite pile, with its bastions and battlements,flying into the air like broken crockery ; so that its use, as a citadel of defence, is atan end. At the same time the necessity of such a protection against the attacks of ahostile fleet has ceased ; just under the guns of the fort lies what is known as TorpedoIsland, where scientific men are now making and testing a new submarine projectile,. 364 PICTURESQUE AMERICA. which no precaution can hinder from finding its way to the keel of any ship thatventures near the shore, and blowing it to fragments. The morning and evening gunmay continue to salute the break and the close of the day for many years to come,the Stars and Stripes to float over the fortress, the soldiers to keep watch and wardupon the walls, but it will no more be regarded as a stronghold of defence—only as aninteresting relic of the past. Fort Adams is a favorite place of resort with the summer residents of Newport,especially on the afternoons when the regimental band plays, and the dashing down ofcarriages and the clatter of hoofs over the steep, stone declivity under the frowning arch-way which opens into the spacious parade-ground, covering a s
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