Geology, &c. of the Connecticut. 3 
hills of Long Tsland.* = cee of the harbour the 
country gently rises into hills of moderate elevation, and 
is pleasantly diversified wich cultivate: and uncultivated 
patches; and often the neat magere is seen half covered 
by the trees. 
East and West a Rook hee ome interesting objects to the 
students of Yale Col 2, being asso ssociated with a ‘thousand 
grateful recollections To these cliffs they a resort in 
e hour of rela caticey to enjoy heopleatarg o he 
diversified landscape, to study the geology 
rocks and to breathe the serener and more brac . 
tain air. Whoof them, while standing there, andi seeing the 
white crested waves breaking on the rocky shore, will not 
remember the ill —— cliffs of ee. 
Prospet Hull, Bou Howe 
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greenstone hil, v | ove 
the harbour ;_ but, rom | its top te prospect | is extremely 
interesting. New-Haven is presented to you in a direction 
nearly opposite to that in which it is seen from East or 
West Rock ; and the view is, in some respects, superior. 
East and West Rock, seen from this hill, are themselves 
striking objects in the rear of the city; constituting the most 
prominent part of that amphitheatre of bills, which almost 
encloses New-Haven. Still epi back, mount Carmel , 
and the Berlin mountains m 5: 
valley of Wallingford River ;. 
and a fine opportanit, 
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