12 Account of the Kaatskill Mountains. 
five or six who had ever heard of this sublime display of 
nature’s workmanship. 
The cascades which I have described, I visited Yobiedis 
ately after the heaviest fall of rain that had ‘occurred within the 
memory of the oldest inhabitant. Some idea can be formed 
of the quantity of water that fell, when it is known that one 
mile north of the village of Kaatskill, a ravine was formed 
by the water directly through a wood, one hundred and 
ninety-five feet in breadth, by seventy-nine in depth, for the 
distance of nearly a furlong ; ; when it united its waters with 
the Kaatskil] creek. As I was on the mountain at the time, 
I took the opportunity to visit these cascades early the next 
morning, and have described them as they then appeared. 
Probably they will not appear to those who visit them in 
summer season, to be adorned with all the lustre which 
they exhibited at this time, but if seen in the spring; or after 
a heavy shower, they, with the scenery around them, will 
produce an effect on the mind of the —— which will bid 
deenne to all description, — ; 
| ne With much. respect, 
"HENRY E. DWIGHT. 
New-Haven, Deé. 20, 1819. 
Geological and descripiiee account of the Kaatskill Moun- 
tains and of the vicinity. 
The town of Kaatskill is situated on a creek ‘casings the 
same name, one mile from its confluence with the Hudson 
river. This river is remarkable for the high banks which 
bound it, exhibiting for 150 miles ~~ like an interval. 
These Fags Fay, in saisinde from 20 20 to 400 fet pre- 
solid sat compact 1 mass; again ae are pact age d.ofien 
approximate to argillaceous slate. The strata - from 
