12 A NATURE WOOING. 



haps of that growing on these very slopes, has called 

 it a "hardy, kindly, beautiful, nourishing stock; lov- 

 ing rich lands and apt to find out where they lie ; up- 

 rooting inferior aborigines, but stoutly defending its 

 new domain against all invaders ; paying taxes wellj 

 with profits to boot; thriving best in temperate lati- 

 tude and checkered sunshine; benevolent to flocks 

 and herds ; and allying itself closely to the history of 

 any people whose content lies in simple plenty and 

 habitual peace the perfect squire-and-yeoman type 

 of grasses."* 



Before reaching Burgin we cross once again the 

 Kentucky River at another High Bridge. The bluffs 



of this river, wherever 

 I have seen it, are very 

 high and precipitous, 

 forming the walls of a 

 rocky gorge which the 

 onflowing waters dur- 

 ing hundreds of centu- 

 ries have slowly eroded 

 in the soft limestone of 

 Fig. i-Chipnmnk. this region. The scen- 



ery about High Bridge 



is wild and picturesque, and for a distance the rail- 

 way resembles a great serpent, winding in and out as 

 it follows the bends of the stream; its bed having 

 been carved out of the solid rock along the side of the 

 bluff. 



*The Blue Grass Region of Kentucky, p. 1. 



