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Geology, &c. of the Conneticut 
scape? Here then will he find m: 
grandeur impressed upon the w 
him. Immediately before bim 
extensive meadows. through iniagira the Connecticut winds 
in silence and majesty ; and as if to pay a tribute of respect 
to this venerable mountain, it here forms a graceful curve of 
three miles in extent, while: its actual advance towards the 
ocean, scarcely exceeds fifty rods. These meadows are in a 
high state of cultivation, and during the summer months, the 
parallel strips, luxuriant with different vegetables, present a 
rming variety. Just beyond the Connecticut, on the 
western margin of the meadows, lies the beautiful village 
of Northampton, vieing for situation and elegance with any 
country town in New-England. So distinct is the view of 
this’ place from Holyoke, that with the naked eye the in- 
"habitants may be seen as they walk the streets ; while their 
— and elegant house of worship, a ‘fine urt 
and many seats of private gentlemen rise in’a tich 
and sdivtrsifed relief. A little to the right, inthe same 
wales as neat iS of ae and Hatfield. and still 
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farther. its “meeting house and 
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points in this. gre at gore on which eye i me with 
did-distabee wt fifty or sete miles. Southwest appears 
Mount Tom, ‘a few miles: distant, separated from Holyoke 
by the deep =a through which the Connecticut flows ; 
fifty miles distant, in the northeast, rises the “ cloud- -capt? 
Monadnock. 
Turning southerly, the observer will have a full view of 
the broad valley extending from Holyoke to Middletown ; ‘ 
adistance of more than fifty miles. He will be able to 
tate the river, in: aii its windings, as far as Long Meadow, 
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