In and out of Ithaca : a description of the village, the surrounding scenery and Cornell University . lad slopes of the foreground,the creamy foam of the fall beneath, the vertical cliffsof the Palisades almost meeting above the water,to make a great tube through which glorious vistas ofthe plains, the lake, and the hills beyond are obtained,fill one with a feeling little short of awe. The path now takes an upward bend and soon bringsto view the third fall. This, although only thirty feethigh, is very beautiful. The brink is shaped rudelylike the letter V ; the water rushing toward the pointan
In and out of Ithaca : a description of the village, the surrounding scenery and Cornell University . lad slopes of the foreground,the creamy foam of the fall beneath, the vertical cliffsof the Palisades almost meeting above the water,to make a great tube through which glorious vistas ofthe plains, the lake, and the hills beyond are obtained,fill one with a feeling little short of awe. The path now takes an upward bend and soon bringsto view the third fall. This, although only thirty feethigh, is very beautiful. The brink is shaped rudelylike the letter V ; the water rushing toward the pointand falling inwards toward the narrow re-entrant angle,is beaten into a boiling froth and justifies the title of Foaming Fall. The steep banks are still clothed witha dense growth of cedars and hemlocks and crownedwith groves of deciduous tree. Between the Foaming Fall and the fourth, orRocky Fall, the creek rushes along in a tumultuoustorrent. The water at the latter cascade pours downfifty-five feet into a third amphitheatre bending towardsthe south. At this fall is the turbine which supplies the. THK MC MANSION. THE •JEW vOF*K PUI LI RY u den jj F THE GORGES—FALL CREEK RAVINE. 77 motive force to the University machine shops on theedge of the woody precipice two hundred feet the stream a little above the brink of the fall aswinging foot bridge is suspended on wires and connectswith an interminable flight of wooden steps leading upthe south side of the ravine to the University. Fromthe bridge to the upper entrance of the gorge the creekquietly winds its romantic way under the shade ofbeetling cliffs and leafy bowers, and receives the nameof Sylvan Stream. The path is nearly at the waterslevel and follows parallel to the margin through grassybeds and forest shades. As the head of the glen is approached the overhang-ing cliffs again close in, then sweep around in anothergreat amphitheatre. The south wall is smooth and verti-cal ; and from its crest here
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