c.0f the Connecticut. 7 
which is twenty mile; 
-and by an optical deception,* 
"it seems to ascend the ¥ iti 
xtent, about as much as it in 
around me had subsided, I began to examine, one by one, the 
ob, visions» 
cts before me through the glass. The hour di 
and indices, on the dial plate Northampton meetir 
es Nida ete Sc aS ES "ey “Spt aly 
It is a general opinion that East and West Rock are visi- 
ble from Holyoke. But I am satisfied that the two perpen- 
dicular bluffs appearing in that direction, are those between 
Berlin and Meriden ; and that these conceal the New-Ha- 
- ceived, near the horizon, a low range of hills, about as dis-. 
tinct as the belts of Jupiter; which, I have little doubt, 
were a part of Long Island. 
Suppose, next, that the man, who visits Holyoke, is a 
geologist. He has reached an interesting spot, if he look 
no farther than the naked trap on which he stands. But he 
will find his attention, on first visiting this pinnacle, irre- 
“®* Explained by the common principles of perspective. 
