. Harpers' New York and Erie rail-road guide book .. . a neat hotel, that will do much to hasten the growth ofa place promising to become an important depot, for there 96 GUIDE-BOOK OF THE is a vast region, both on the Pennsylvania and New Yorksides of the river, that must become tributary to it. Ittakes its name from the village of Equinunk, in Pennsyl-vania, seen on the river side, glimmering at the foot ofthat conical mountain, one mile to the southward. Thetraveler will be struck with the beauty of that village, aswe approach it by the curved embankment on our side of. the river. Equinunk
. Harpers' New York and Erie rail-road guide book .. . a neat hotel, that will do much to hasten the growth ofa place promising to become an important depot, for there 96 GUIDE-BOOK OF THE is a vast region, both on the Pennsylvania and New Yorksides of the river, that must become tributary to it. Ittakes its name from the village of Equinunk, in Pennsyl-vania, seen on the river side, glimmering at the foot ofthat conical mountain, one mile to the southward. Thetraveler will be struck with the beauty of that village, aswe approach it by the curved embankment on our side of. the river. Equinunk village is placed in the region oftanneries, and possesses several that support its popula-tion. Until the erection of the hotel at the station, visit-ors had to seek accommodation in the village. A bridgeover the Delaware at this point, it is thought, would actbeneficially upon the business of the station. If the trav-eler first sees Equinunk village at sunset, he will find itone of the prettiest views on the Delaware. The neatdwellings and mills are brilliantly relieved against thevalley, shaded by the noble mountain swelling above thevillage on the right, while a bold precipice of gray rocksreflect a broad blaze of light on the left. These spark-ling objects, together with the ferryman slowly pullingover the stream, are vividly repeated in the Delaware,here of great depth and transparency. Stockport (from New York 159 A miles, from Dunkirk300£ miles) is our next stopping-place, four miles further, MJU YORK AND ERIE RA1E-ROAD. 97 and also takes its name from a b
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