BY EDWARD DOUBLEDAY. 25 



hour or two, a beautiful rainbow appears over tlie principal 

 fall. When I first saw this fall in all its glory, I stood in the 

 dark shade of the gigantic Hemlocks, looking into the abyss ; 

 the silvery spray glistening in the sun,— the snow-white foam 

 rising in clouds almost to the summit of the rock on which 

 I stood, — a bow of the most brilliant possible colours extend- 

 ing from the foot to the summit of the falls, — the cliffs opposite, 

 though rising almost perpendicularly, yet clothed with the 

 most beauteous mantle of Arbor-vitae and other graceful shrubs. 

 I stood lost in delight. It was truly a scene — 



" Which man must see, 

 . To know how beautiful this world must be." 



Along the side of the river, beneath the rocks, runs a path, 

 but when the river is high, as is at present the case, it is inac- 

 cessible, from being in a great measure covered with water. 

 I hope soon to be able to avail myself of it. To-day I clam- 

 bered down the cliff', by means of the roots and branches of 

 shrubs. This mode of progression is any thing but agreeable ; 

 but I contrived, by this means, to get a fine view of the princi- 

 pal fall from its foot. Here and there are large masses of 

 rock overhanging the path, and from these trickle little springs. 

 Under one of these masses a Pewee, Musclcapa nunciola of 

 Wilson, has fixed her nest. Wood Thrushes, Ferruginous 

 Thrushes, Robins, and numerous other birds, steal under the 

 bushes; the Woodpeckers and Nuthatches are busy with the 

 old stumps of the decaying pines ; the Blue Jays scream in 

 the branches, and hundreds of little Suhue, Chicadees, Fly- 

 catchers, &c. are chasing insects amongst the trees and under- 

 wood. Now and then a Baltimore glances by, shining in the 

 sunbeams. Be it remembered, Baltimores, Tanagers, Blue 

 Birds, Blue Jays, all appear more brilliant on the wing than 

 they do when dead. 



A Humming-bird was seen yesterday. I have seen four 

 species of Picus, viz. pileatus, erythrocephaliis, mllosus, and 

 auratus. The syhicR are just coming: I have seen S. Black- 

 buj'niana, clirysoijtera, striata^ xaria, pardaUna, citrinella, &c. 

 They are as tame as it is possible: the landlord will not 

 allow them to be disturbed. Only Owls, Crows, and Hawks 

 are doomed to feel the power of a rifle. All small birds are 



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