The northern traveller, and northern tour, with the routes to the Springs, Niagara, & Quebec, and the coal mines of Pennsylvania, also, tour of New England . ite is generallygray, and at first fine-grained, but grows coarseras we ascend, and is occasionally sprinkled withsmall garnets. At the summit it frequently con-tains a little black tourmaline, sometimes in cross-ing crystals. On the summit, also, some of thegranite is tinged with red, although much of it iscolored bright green by lichens, dampened by thehumidity of the clouds, and interspersed withthick and soft gray moss. The grain of t
The northern traveller, and northern tour, with the routes to the Springs, Niagara, & Quebec, and the coal mines of Pennsylvania, also, tour of New England . ite is generallygray, and at first fine-grained, but grows coarseras we ascend, and is occasionally sprinkled withsmall garnets. At the summit it frequently con-tains a little black tourmaline, sometimes in cross-ing crystals. On the summit, also, some of thegranite is tinged with red, although much of it iscolored bright green by lichens, dampened by thehumidity of the clouds, and interspersed withthick and soft gray moss. The grain of the coarsegranite is elongated ; and what strikes the visiteras very singular is, that not a single rock is to befound in its original place—every thing bears themark of removal; and this, taken into view withthe precipice on the northern side, seems to indi-cate that the summit of the mountain has fallendown and disappeared. The general belief now seems to be, that thelofty peak above us is the highest elevation inNorth America, except Mexico and some of theRocky Mountains. The only places susceptibleof cultivation in the heart of the mountains, are. MOUNT WASHINGTON. 311 the little meadows inhabited by the Crawfords,the Notch, and Willey Meadows ; and there theinterval of warm weather is so short in the year,that few vegetables can arrive at maturity, withall the rapidity of growth which distinguishessuch cold regions. Various kinds of wild birds and game are to befound in the woods, besides bears, wild cats, anddeer. The moose and buffalo were formerlyabundant among the mountains ; and it is scarcelythirty years since they were killed in great num-bers, merely for their hides and tallow ; as the lat-ter still are in the deserts beyond the are common in the woods, and frequently arekilled by the hunters. Sometimes they comeboldly down into the little meadow before Craw-fords house, and quietly graze with the black bear are occasionally seen in the
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