. 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 . s and the waves sound a perpetual dirge, and thespray of the ocean always dampens the sods which cover them, instead of being takento some rural ground, where the birds sing and flowers bloom, we do not know. Nodoubt they were buried by the hands of strangers, and perhaps, after all, this was themost fitting place for their bodies to rest; and many a solemn thought has been sug-ges
. 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 . s and the waves sound a perpetual dirge, and thespray of the ocean always dampens the sods which cover them, instead of being takento some rural ground, where the birds sing and flowers bloom, we do not know. Nodoubt they were buried by the hands of strangers, and perhaps, after all, this was themost fitting place for their bodies to rest; and many a solemn thought has been sug-gested by these humble memorial-stones to the gay crowds who drive by, as the sum-mer sun is sinking in the horizon. Following the southern shore, we next come to what is known as the Spouting-Rock. After a southeasterly storm, the apparatus is in working-order; and, during the season, multitudes assemble there to see the intermittent fountain play. The construc-tion of the opening beneath is such that, when it is nearly filled and a heavy wavecomes rolling in, the pent-up waters can find relief only by discharging themselvesthrough a sort of funnel into the air. It is, however, a somewhat treacherous operator:. BRENTONS COVE. 368 PICTURESQUE AMERICA. for a long time there may be no spouting done; and, even when the waves roll in fromthe right quarter, it is not easy to tell just when the horn intends to blow. If the inter-esting couple depicted in our sketch remain standing much longer where they are, beforethey know it the fountain may spout up some forty or fifty feet, and they will go homewith drenched clothes and a wet skin. But the ocean-view is, at ,this spot, so indescriba-bly grand after a storm, that the temptation to linger as near the edge of the rocks aspossible is almost irresistible, and we have seen many a gay company pay the waterypenalty. Beyond the bathing-beach, where hundreds of fashionable people may be seen dash-ing about in the waves on every pleasant day,
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