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from Crown Point, I for the first time in my life 

 caught a full view of the Grreen Mountains of Ver- 

 mont. They were a long way off, but in the bright 

 light of the setting sun, their bold outline showed 

 beautifully against the clear sky. I was struck with 

 the soft, blue coloring over them, like that we so often 

 see in Italy, and which is generally thought to be 

 peculiar to that country. Burlington is one of the 

 most beautiful places on the continent, though I was 

 provoked with a remark made by Prof. Yon Raunier 

 one day in company with some of the professors of 

 the college. He said he had traveled from Boston 

 through the Atlantic States to New Orleans, and up 

 the Mississippi, through Canada, and back to Ver- 

 mont ; and that Niagara and Burlington furnished the 

 only scenery that could be called fine he had found in 

 all his route. Now so old a traveler as Von Raumer 

 ought to be ashamed of such a remark. If he will go 

 through the country on railroads and steamboats, at 

 the rate of fifteen and twenty miles an hour, he 

 should not complain of dearth of scenery. I have 

 seen both continents, (not excepting even the Profes- 

 sor's favorite G^ermany,) and I affirm that in natural 

 scenery the United States stands unrivalled ; and if 



