260 SALMONIA. 



Hal. — See, the cataract is now in great 

 beauty ; the river above is coloured by the 

 setting sun, and the glow of the rosy light 

 on the upper stream is beautifully and won- 

 derfully contrasted with the tints of the 

 cataract below. Have you ever seen any 

 thing so fine? 



Poiet. — The lights are beautiful ; but I 

 have certainly seen a finer combination of 

 features in the Fall of the Velino, at Terni, 

 though that water is not clear; but, even 

 with this defect, it is certainly the most per- 

 fect of European falls. This Cascade of 

 the Traun, though not so elevated as that 

 of Terni, and not so large as that of Schaff- 

 hausen, yet, from its perfect clearness and 

 the harmony of the surrounding objects, 

 ranks high, as to picturesque effect, amongst 

 the waterfalls of Europe ; and the wonder- 

 ful transparency of its pale-green water gives 

 it a peculiar charm in my eyes, enhanced as 

 it is now by the light of the glowing western 

 sky; and the tints of the quadrant iris on 

 its spray are not brighter than those of its 

 streams and foam. 



