Geology, &¢. of the Connecticut. 6 
‘Monte Video. 
This is a particular part of Talcot Mountain, eight miles 
northwest of Hartford, at the top of the greenstone ex- 
tending from Berlin to Amherst. It affords one of the most 
interesting p' ts (and with the exception, pte of 
Holyoke, the most interesting) to be found a along the Con- 
necticut. ‘ The diameter of this view, in two i 
is more than ninety miles;” and the spires of more 
thirty churches are visible, scattered through the broad and 
delightful vallies on the east and west sides of the eminence. 
he beauties and sublimities with which nature has invest- 
ed this spot, both on a limited and an extensive scale, are 
greatly increased by the displays of an enlightened and cor- 
rect taste in the disposition and adaptation of the various ob- 
jects which = sstaweee mosetey popidente exhibits ; such 
as the tenant coi a tet 3 the summer house; 7 
the boat ups Pamuneuneaindes ‘rising in Gothic gran- 
deur above the trees, the hexagonal tower, whose top is 
nine hundred and sixty feet above the Connecticut. But 
after the minute and accurate description given by Professor 
Silliman of these objects and this view, it is altogether un- 
necessary in this place to go into particulars. To the 
* Tour between Hartford and Quebec” the reader is with 
— referred for a complete account of the scenery of 
ideo, which, in some respects, is altogether u- 
nique in this part of the coun 
Along the same extensive ridge of greenstone, there are, 
no doubt, many other peaks commanding views of delight- 
ful landscapes; but not having visited them, nor seen any 
account of them, I am of “ee unable to describe them, 
Mount Toivehs. 
This is another of the commanding wateh towers of the 
Connecticut. The view from its top is delightful ; and -_ 
traveller, whether he be a lover of natural 
geologist, will find himeot? amply repaid for turning. aside 
halfa sag to visit its summit 
he look from this elevation with an eye that is ac- 
customed to range with pleasure over a variegated land- 
