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currents, while its descent has been made in 
five days. The most magnificent of its cas- 
cades is the lower fulls of the series. Tere 
the whole river dsushes in mighty masses of 
foam over a perpendicular wall of rock fifty 
feet deep. The next fall in decending the 
river is the Little Quinnessee, where the fall is 
thirty-five feet in an extent of two hundred 
and fifty. The river here is contracted to 
eighty feet. A short distance below is Sandy 
Portage, a beautiful rapid about a mile in ex- 
tent with a perpendicular fall of a few feet. 
At Sturgeon Fall the river rushes between 
cliffs a huudred feet high. The scenery here is 
very fine. From its mouth as far up as Big 
Quinnesac Falls, it passes through pine tim- 
ber lands, much of which has been ravaged 
by fires, which gives it a desolate appearence, 
but above these falls the country assumes its 
natural beauty. 
Space would fail us to picture all the rivers 
in this State which possess inherent beauties 
to the sportsman as well as tourist, which is 
worthy of special mention. 
One of the peculiar beauties of the lakes 
and rivers of Wisconsin which is seldom seen 
in the lakes and rivers of the Hast is their 
erystal purity and coldness. They originate 
in springs, and are not dependent for their life 
upon the drainage of the rain falls. Mven 
when, with apparently no outlet, the lakes do 
not grow stagnant, but remain clear and cool. 
They are, moreover, plentifully stocked with 
pickerel, bass, whitefish, trout, sturgeon, cat- 
fish and perch. 
Wisconsin was the favorite land of the In- 
dian. He has left a name for nearly all her 
lakes and rivers, and by their shores the re- 
mains of his home and his grave are still vis- 
ible. Itis possible that the work of a race 
which inhabited this country before him also 
exists on the rivers aud lakes, beside of his 
own. In all parts of the State the remains of 
ancient earth works are to be found. The 
tourist will find them especially abundant at 
Aztalian, on Rock River, near the Blue Mounds, 
along the Wisconsin, the Neenali and the Pish- 
taka ; alsoin the eastern part of the State near 
Milwaukee and Lake Winnebago. The curi- 
ous who have attempted to unravel their se- 
erets, have sometimes been rewarded by frag- 
ments of pottery, pipes or arrow heads, or a 
old of deeper color than the earth which en- 
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eased it, and which was all that remained of 
the inhabitant who once roamed these beau- 
tiful prairies. 
Notning adds so much to the beauty of 
Western scenery as the ouk openings which 
‘line its rivers and lakes, and slopes of its roll- 
ing prairies. Nature has formed beautiful 
parks, planted them wIth noble oaks, and co- 
vered them with a aich green turf which is 
kept as smooth and green as the freshly-cut 
and freshly-watered artificial parks of the 
Kastern States. To one accustomed to the 
disagreeable underbrush and decayed leaves 
which make the New England woods usually 
unvisitable and uninviting, these oak open- 
ings, with their green carpets unsoiled by de- 
eaying limds and leaves, seem to be kept daily 
in order by the hands of the gardner. They 
bear a striking resemblance to English park 
scenery which has been for years under cul- 
Art can never equal them. They 
are the natural garden spots of the country. 
The tourist who seeks grand mountain scenery 
must go elsewhere than than to Wisconsin ; 
but for all that is attractive in Nature, beauti- 
ful laudseape scenery, splendid water views, 
lovely woodland scenery, and the flowering 
prairies, this section of the country is unequal- 
ed. Each year is giving better facilities for 
enjoying these numerous and delightful re- 
sorts, and many of them are already supplied 
With excellent hotels and conveniences. Art 
is putting the finishing strokes upon them, 
which is all thrt is needed to make them at- 
tractive to every taste. Itis no longer neces- 
sary tor the tourist to look to New England 
or New York or Pennsylvania for the most 
attractive Summer resorts ; and the sportsman 
will not find anywhere in the United States a 
reigon which will afford him so much genuine 
sport as the prairies and forests and rivers of 
the Northwest. 
tivation. 
LAKE GENEVA. 
The delightful village of Geneva is in Wal- 
worth county, Wisconin, situated on the north 
shore of Lake Geneva. No more lovely sheet of 
water can be found iu the Northwest, and no 
town could be blessed with more charming 
scenery. It is rapidly becoming noted for its 
beauty, and a large number of the best fami- 
lies are making it their summer resort. Its 
growth and improvement for the few years 
