Mr. Pieide tecthe Catpkcial: Moniitain:: 89 
sand feet in caseades,—sometimes concealed by the forest, 
and then flashing to light through the evergreen foliage, leap- 
ith 
ing from <— to sates until they mingle their waters wi 
the Platt 
Few Scanaiee were observed on the north fhountaity 
but the elevated ridge south of the clove presented an en- 
tangled forest of hemlock, balsam fir and spruce, with plats 
of hard maple, beach and birch. The glen of the Platter- 
kill was filled with sugar-maple, beach, oak, chesnut, ash, 
birch, cherry, hemlock and _ spruce. Near the head of the 
clove the ravine suddenly rises, and the Platterkill, which 
onthe mountain affords water sufficient for mi}l-seats, de- 
scends from the valley of the summit one thousand feet in 
a few hundred yards of its progressive course, by a succes- 
sionof falls over ledges. One of these ae is in view 
from the road, is said to be one hundred and fifty feet in 
pre From a shane mural eS foes at the head 
, fall and of 
the deep pul belo 
A saw-mill has been doen srectee near the nate of the 
gummmit, on me brow of a precipice overlooking water-falls 
and wild scene 
he po aS: valley, at the head of the wohl is tolerably 
fertile, but not extensively cultivated. Large tracts of pret- 
ty level ground are situated to the north and ae thickly 
clothed with hard maple and beach, which, if cleared, would 
afford a fine grazing region for sheep and cattle. Unfortu: 
nately, most of the residents on this part of the mountain 
are not proprietors of the soil. They prefer stripping the 
land of its best timber rather than resort to the regular toils 
of agriculture. A considerable proportion live in log huts 
without floor or furniture. Bread is rarely seen rts 
them; and but few have gardens. Their principal 
addition to wild meats and fish occasionally obtained, rl 
sists of potatoes and pumpkins. They have as few comforts 
as Rob Roy’s band, or the Children of the Mist. Adjacent 
to the Platterkill road on the mountain table land, there are 
a few small farms under tolerable cultivation. 
ne ascent from the Platterkill to the base of the moun- 
tain summits, called Round Top and High peak, is gradual 
through thick groves of maple, birch, beach, cherry and 
emloc 
Vou. VI.—No: 1. 12 
