12 Geology, 4^c. of the Connecticul . 



tains ; Black mountain on the one hand, and the Monad- 

 nock on the other, being prominent, and here and there, a 

 spire, or a village, crowning a hill, or enlivening the val- 

 ley. 



Black Mountain. 



A general description of this mountain has been given in 

 the geological part of this sketch, and I mention it here as 

 presenting an interesting view from its summit. 



Fall Mountain. 



There is a great resemblance between the situation and 

 appearance of this and West River Mountain. Both are of 

 raica slate — both are nearly of the same height — both are 

 precipitous on the west side — both stand on the east bank 

 of the Connecticut — both have a pleasant village opposite to 

 them on the west bank, and both a bridge across the river 

 directly in front. Bellows Falls village is nearer the base of 

 the mountain than Brattleborough, because the river is there 

 narrower. The observer from the top of Fall Mountain 

 looks down almost perpendicularly upon the Connecticut, 

 here reduced to a few rods in width, and foaming and falling 

 among the jutting rocks, presenting an image of disorder 

 and danger, while the neat village on the river's bank exhib- 

 its an image of peace and security. 



Numerous other eminences in the primitive mountain ran- 

 ges on either side of the Connecticut, command extensive 

 and interesting prospects. But the most conspicuous have 

 been described, it is unnecessary to go into farther particu- 

 lars. 



Bellows Falls. 



Every thing at this romantic spot conspires to impress 

 the beholder with the idea of wild sublimity. The perpen- 

 dicular fall ol the water is of no great height ; but the whole 

 stream is here compressed into a channel of a few rods in 

 width, worn out of solid granite, a quarter of a mile, or 

 more, in length, down which the current dashes, as if impa- 

 tient of its confinement in so narrow a bed ; and at the foot 



