. Harper's New York and Erie rail-road guide book : containing a description of the scenery, rivers, towns, villages, and most important works on the road ; with one hundred and thirty-six engravings by Lossing and Barritt, from original sketches made expressly for this work by William Macleod . 54 GUIDE-BOOK OF THE sea of forest, with not a solitary hut to humanize the change could be more sudden and complete than whatthe prospect has undergone in ten minutes since lookingat the east front of the Shawangunk. The ascent of thismountain from Otisville is about two miles in length, andh
. Harper's New York and Erie rail-road guide book : containing a description of the scenery, rivers, towns, villages, and most important works on the road ; with one hundred and thirty-six engravings by Lossing and Barritt, from original sketches made expressly for this work by William Macleod . 54 GUIDE-BOOK OF THE sea of forest, with not a solitary hut to humanize the change could be more sudden and complete than whatthe prospect has undergone in ten minutes since lookingat the east front of the Shawangunk. The ascent of thismountain from Otisville is about two miles in length, andhere we see the next specimen of heavy work its pas-sage has made is a heavy embank-ment, supported by a re-taining wall 1000 feet inlength and 30 feet are now descendingthe slope of ten miles be-fore us, and the scenery ofthe valley below is rapid-ly improving in interestand cultivation. A smilegradually breaks over thedull cheek of Nature Farm-houses and meadows relievethe solitude of this valley, to which the Never sink Rivergives its name. One of these views is of remarkable beau-ty. We perceive on the opposite side of the vale a shining.
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