. Appletons' illustrated hand-book of American travel. A full and reliable guide ... to ... the United States and the British provinces. With careful maps of all parts of the country, and pictures of famous places and scenes, from original drawings by the author and other artists. han is allthe western part of North Carolina, tra-versed by some of the noblest spurs ofthe Blue Ridge. Turn, here, which wayyou will, every varying point presents apicture of new and wonderful charm. Black Mountain, 20 miles north-east of Ashville, rises to the magnifi-cent height of 6,476 feet, and is thusthe lofti
. Appletons' illustrated hand-book of American travel. A full and reliable guide ... to ... the United States and the British provinces. With careful maps of all parts of the country, and pictures of famous places and scenes, from original drawings by the author and other artists. han is allthe western part of North Carolina, tra-versed by some of the noblest spurs ofthe Blue Ridge. Turn, here, which wayyou will, every varying point presents apicture of new and wonderful charm. Black Mountain, 20 miles north-east of Ashville, rises to the magnifi-cent height of 6,476 feet, and is thusthe loftiest peak east of the RockyMountain ranges. The scene from itscrown is of surpassing grandeur. The Swannanoa Gap is a magnifi-cent mountain pass, between Ashvilleand Morgantown. The Falls of theCatawba are hard by. The Hickory-Nut Gap is anothergrand clove on the giant hills, rich inwonderful pictures of precipices andcascades. Pilot Mountain, in Burke Coun-ty, is a bold peak, almost isolated in themidst of a comparatively level the olden time it was the landmarkof the Indians in their forest wander-ings ; hence its present name. The Hawks Bill, in Burke County,is a stupendous projecting cliff, looking 246 NORTH CAROLINA. The. Mountain Region—French Broad Beeno in the Blue Ridge, N. C. down 1,500 feet upon the waters of arushing river. The Table Rock, a few miles belowthe Hawks Bill, rises, cone-shaped,2,500 feet above the valley of the Ca-tawba River. The Ginger Cake Rock, also inBurke County, is a singular pile, uponthe summit of the Ginger Cake Moun-tain. It is a natural stone structure, inthe form of an inverted pyramid, 29feet in height. It is crowned with aslab 32 feetT long and two feet thick,which projects half its length beyondthe edge of the pyramid upon which itis so strangely poised. Though seem-ing just ready to fall, nothing could bemore secure. A fine view down thedark ravine below is commanded at thispoint. The French Broad River, in its wildm
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