. Rambles in the path of the steam-horse. An off-hand olla podrida, embracing a general historical and descriptive view of the scenery, agricultural and mineral resources, and prominent features of the travelled route from Baltimore to Harper's Ferry, Cumberland, Wheeling, Cincinnati, and Louisville . -Kj^^r^s - Iuint of Rocks. little village sprang up on the banks of the river, over which, as may beseen in the sketch, there is a splendid bridge, something like three-quaitersof a mile in length. The Railroad turns the promontory by an abruptcurve, and the track is partly cut out of the rocky p
. Rambles in the path of the steam-horse. An off-hand olla podrida, embracing a general historical and descriptive view of the scenery, agricultural and mineral resources, and prominent features of the travelled route from Baltimore to Harper's Ferry, Cumberland, Wheeling, Cincinnati, and Louisville . -Kj^^r^s - Iuint of Rocks. little village sprang up on the banks of the river, over which, as may beseen in the sketch, there is a splendid bridge, something like three-quaitersof a mile in length. The Railroad turns the promontory by an abruptcurve, and the track is partly cut out of the rocky precipice on the right,and partly supported on the inner side of the Canal, on the left, by a stonewall of considerable length. The two works had little room to spare, andit is not so astonishing after all, that they should have insisted on theirrespective rights - ^ ~ of way. Two ^^ miles further up ^,^^ -^ju /^^ ^ another high ^^cliff occurs, ac-companied bymore excavationand walling.—The scenery allalong is pecu-liarly wild andunique—at one. Oriote qut lomt, Catuotin Pub 178 RAMBLES IjST THE PATH OF THE STEAM Catoctin Pass.—Harpers Ferry. point especially, the rocks have been worn down insuch a way thatlarge masses are strewn around in the most curious and eccentricpositions. See the leaning projections near the summit — they lookas if about to tumble down the side of the hill; while the mass lyinglower down, and peeping over the precipice, as if to see what is trans-piring on the Railroad, is really in a very precarious situation. Thelocomotive, however, comes puffing along, as if it wasnt at allalarmed. For some distance, after passing this singular knob, the groundbecomes comparatively smooth, and the Eailroad, leaving the immediatemargin of the river solely to the canal, runs along the base of thegently sloping hills, passing the villages of Berlin and Knoxville, andreaching the Weverton Factories, in the pass of the South , again, the road
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