1878] Tallulah Gorge 



the river slides placidly over the steeply inclined 

 surface until, about halfway down, it strikes another 

 hard stratum four feet higher and with edge set at 

 right angles to the preceding, so that it is forced to 

 rise to pass the obstruction. Bridal Veil, similar 

 to Oceana though lower and less fine, presents its 

 own special feature, a series of potholes a foot or 

 two in diameter and about four feet deep, worn in 

 the solid quartzite. Just below it, also, the vertical 

 walls of the chasm rise to the height of some 800 

 feet, higher than in any other east of the Royal 

 Gorge of the Arkansas in Colorado. Thus the Tal- 

 lulah glen, though not easily reached from any- 

 where, is one of the beauty spots of the South. 

 Not far away Toccoa Fall, a perpendicular leap of 

 1 86 feet down which a bright little stream dashes 

 itself into lacelike spray, adds its lesser charm to 

 Rabun County, the northeast corner and most at- 

 tractive part of the whole state of Georgia. 



In the evening, sitting in front of a little mountain Natural 

 cabin, Brayton, Gilbert, or I would give a talk on 

 some phase of the Natural History of the region we 

 had that day passed over. The Botany was always 

 interesting, and the Geology usually so. These 

 discussions were much appreciated; and Evermann 

 insists that he then learned more science from me 

 on the road than in my laboratory from which he 

 finally took his doctor's degree. 1 



As we went our way, I picked up the following 

 indigenous song: 



1 In a letter dated August 7, 1919, he also says: "The one great thing in 

 my life that did more than any other to make me a naturalist was that summer 

 with you. That settled the matter with Mrs. Evermann and myself. We 

 decided then and there to be your students a little longer, and we have never 

 ceased to be such even to this day." 



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