. Book of the Royal blue . s position; that hehumped himself with ]iride, moderateil hiswhistle, and roared as gently as a suckingdove; tripjied it mincingly up the savagesteep—smoothly as though his joints weregreased with ]>erfumed oil. Doubtless hedid all these things and more ; but we wereoccupied with the grandeur of the moun-tains ; the awful gorge, deepening as we progressed, through which the savageriver toiled and raged ; the mossy rocksand groujis of lofty firs near at hanil, thatgave the scene a Norwegian aspect : thesilvery streamlets Hashing through sombrethickets of evtrgreen
. Book of the Royal blue . s position; that hehumped himself with ]iride, moderateil hiswhistle, and roared as gently as a suckingdove; tripjied it mincingly up the savagesteep—smoothly as though his joints weregreased with ]>erfumed oil. Doubtless hedid all these things and more ; but we wereoccupied with the grandeur of the moun-tains ; the awful gorge, deepening as we progressed, through which the savageriver toiled and raged ; the mossy rocksand groujis of lofty firs near at hanil, thatgave the scene a Norwegian aspect : thesilvery streamlets Hashing through sombrethickets of evtrgreen ; the gorgeous bou-(|Uets of azalia and mountain honey-suckle,that recalleil the luxuriance of the .Mtamont we had attained thesummit of the Alleghany, and the highestpoint on the route, 2(ioS feet above theocean-tides. It is a well-establisheil factthat as ]iersons ascend to considerableheights there is a corresjionding elevationof the spirits, an expansion of the facul-ties whether referable to the tondition. FfftDi Ilfirjiirn Miieiiiin. .VSCKNUINt-i TlIK ALI,i;i;H,\NIKS of HariH-r A Rrothtrs. ARTISTS EXCURSION OVER THE BALTIMORE & OHIO R. R.
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