. Rambles in the path of the steam-horse. An off-hand olla podrida, embracing a general historical and descriptive view of the scenery, agricultural and mineral resources, and prominent features of the travelled route from Baltimore to Harper's Ferry, Cumberland, Wheeling, Cincinnati, and Louisville . ation, where the streamhas exposed it, often presents the wavyappearance noticed at the Round Topmountain, near the south branch of thePotomac—and is otherwise singularlyeccentric and contorted. The clifi beingnearly perpendicular, and laying some-^ times in parallel bands, the water hasworn its
. Rambles in the path of the steam-horse. An off-hand olla podrida, embracing a general historical and descriptive view of the scenery, agricultural and mineral resources, and prominent features of the travelled route from Baltimore to Harper's Ferry, Cumberland, Wheeling, Cincinnati, and Louisville . ation, where the streamhas exposed it, often presents the wavyappearance noticed at the Round Topmountain, near the south branch of thePotomac—and is otherwise singularlyeccentric and contorted. The clifi beingnearly perpendicular, and laying some-^ times in parallel bands, the water hasworn its way through the cleavage frac-tures, and left protruding through theshallow alluvium very sharp, jaggedNarrows, Wills Creek. strips, that sometimes look like huge stone axes, and again form columns and pyramids. A railroad runs through this gap from Cumberland to Mount Savage,and Frostburg, the latter about ten miles, and the former about six milesdistant. Mount Savage is situated on the Savage creek, and has longbeen known for its extensive manufactories of iron. There are two orthree blast furnaces, and a large rolling mill for the production of rail-road and bar iron. There are also several machine-shops, and fire-brickare manufactured extensively. There are several hundred houses for the. EAMBLES IN THE PATH OF THE STEAM HORSE. 255Mount Savage Iron Works. operatives, built principally of stone, and situated in parallel rows onthe hill-sides ; nearly every house has a small yard in front, enclosedwith a thick stone wall, which gives to the village a peculiarly picturesqueeffect. Although it has a population of from two to three thousand, itaffords no accommodations for transient visiters or travellers. There isnot an inn in the place, and we shall sympathise with the unluckywight who, from the inevitable force of circumstances, may find him-self compelled to remain over night within its inhospitable limits. Onereason—and it is entirely satisfactory to us—why no hotel a
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