206 - Geology, Mineralogy, Scenery, &c. 
_ Granite and Gneiss. 
Nearer to Goshen than to Litchfield we cross a ledge of 
granite—but it is immediately succeeded by gne 
Goshen is a pretty village, with a neat eich Sal a few 
houses in the centre, but it is principally in scattered farm- 
houses. In passing on from Goshen into the corner 0 
Cornwal and to Canaan, the country becomes very hilly, 
and we cross great ledges of gneiss, often abounding with 
veins of quartz. On the road if saw two large loose masses of 
en we are about leav- 
ing Goshen we enter a great defile in the mountain—vast 
ledges of gneiss are on both sides, forming entire mountains; 
it is in fact, a winding valley, and as far as the eye can sikeiny 
to the North, mountains rise behind mountains, | 
« Hills peep o'er hills and Alps on Alps arise,” 
= ‘they die away in the distant horizon. » 
its 2 — elle among the tootintatan: 
ey arrived, fie at night fall, at Hunt’s tavern, a much fre- 
‘quer and very comfortable house, situated in a ~ oO! 
the same valley which I have already mentioned, the 
banks of a rivulet, called the Hollenbeck. In this seshedell 
‘spot, in the midst of mountains, I looked for an evening ,o 
complete retirement, and intended to proceed with my pic- 
turesque and geological sketch of the country. 
But, Tsoon found myself surrounded by acquaintances, 
some of them old friends of my childhood ; some were trav- 
elling South and some North, and this Goins brought us to- 
gether from Honibte and opposite oe to pass a soci 
evening. 
ao Snsteoe: she ocean, and in as midst of Swiss Jand- 
scapes, who would have expected to hear the solemn still- 
ness of these a disnitbe d by naval songs! A plat 
ated in the piazza of the house, with a a voice strong 
ai decp-toned, but clear and melodious, beguiled his eve- 
ning he urs, by singing the exploits of the American navy ;— 
the verse was more remarkable for minuteness of detail, 
than for beauty of versification ; but this performer attract- 
