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tancc up the river, and adds much to the imposing effect of the fall. The fall at Luzerne is 

 the greatest upon the Hudson ; a remarkable fact, inasmuch as the river rises in the most 

 mountainous region of the State, and descends between three and four thousand feet in one 

 hundred and fifty miles : it then meets the tide, and admits of navigation to tlic ocean. 



Yiew of Glen's Falls. 



Glen's Falls. 



Glen's falls, though not so high and imposing as those at Luzerne or Corinth, are better 

 knovra, and more frequented by travellers, and those who are seeking recreation at the north 

 during the hot season. The total descent of the river at this place is about fifty feet ; but 

 instead of falling in one unbroken sheet, it plunges into several deep gorges, which have been 

 worn in the limestone by the river, or were occasioned by fractures which the strata suffered 

 at the time the uplift took place. Just below the principal fall, a natural pier of solid black 

 hmestone has been spared by the flood, which serves as a building site, and to support the 

 bridge, from which an excellent view of the falls may be obtained. The gorge below affords 



