SCENOGRAPHICAL GEOLOGY. 



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Ripley's falls (Fig. 43, p. 226) are situated upon a brook near the 

 Willey slide, and about two miles back from the Saco. The water leaps 

 first over four stair-like ledges, each about six feet high, which are not 

 represented in the figure, and then slides down a granite flume one 

 hundred and fifty feet long, at an angle of forty-five degrees, ending in 

 a large pool. The water is seventy-five feet wide at the base, and fifty 

 at the summit. Still higher up the stream are two other falls, called the 

 "Sparkling cascade" and the "Sylvan Glade cataract." There is a yet 

 finer waterfall upon Bemis brook, about four miles farther down the 

 Saco, upon the same side of the valley. 



In the White Mountain Notch, rather more than a mile from the Craw- 

 ford house, are the Flume and Silver cascades. The latter is figured best 

 in the text adjoining, and the , .. ., 



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lower portion more particu- 

 larly in a heliotype in Vol. II. 

 It can be seen from the road, 

 as it descends, for over three 

 hundred feet. The fall is part- 

 ly precipitous, but mostly at 

 a comparatively small angle. 

 The water flashes in the sun- 

 light like silver: hence the 

 name. In a very dry season 

 it almost disappears from view. 



In Fig. 90 is an outline of 

 Cuba falls, on the east side 

 of Mt. Cuba in Orford. They 

 were first brought to notice 

 by the photographs of A. F. 

 Clough, but are in a remote 

 region rarely visited by tour- 

 ists. It is unusual to see so 

 great a fall of water leaving a 

 clear space behind, as in this 

 instance. 



Opposite page 184 is a heliotype of the Crystal cascade. It is about 



Fl 



90. 



-OUTLINE OF CUBA FALLS, 

 ORFORD. 



