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in the summer season, when the stream is much reduced. 
The best time to view it is in the spring, when the snows 
are dissolving, which swelling its size and increasing its 
current, add much to the beauty of this fall. 
Eastern fall of the Kaaterskill. 
I visited this cascade immediately after viewing the west- 
ern fall on the Kaaterskill, when the column of water was 
swollen to eight or ten times its common size, and _ shall 
describe it as it then appeared. ‘The rock over which the 
water descends, projects in such a manner that the cascade 
forms part of a parabolic curve. After striking a rock be- 
low, it runs down an inclined plane a few rods in length, 
when it rushes over another precipice of one hundred feet. 
The column of water remained entire for two-thirds the de- 
scent, and its surface was covered with arich sparkling foam, 
which, as it fell, presented to the eye a brilliant emanation. 
Here it was broken, and formed a continued succession of 
showers. Large globules of water, of a soft, pearly lustre, 
enriched with a prismatic reflection, shot off in tangents to 
the curve of the cascade, and being drawn by the attraction 
of gravitation, united again with the stream. The sun 
shining through a clear atmosphere, imprinted on it his — 
glittering rays, appearing like a moving column of transpar- 
ent snow. ‘The spray rising to the height of several hundred 
feet, was continually agitated by a strong wind, which gave 
birth to a number of rainbows. 'They were elevated one 
above the other, and increased im brilliancy towards the 
base of the cascade, where, as well as at the lower fall, an 
ivis spread its arch of glory, tinging the rocks and foliage 
with its brightest colours. 
The ground below these cascades continued descending 
ai an angle of 45°, forming a hollow like an inverted cone, 
of one thousand feet in depth. This was lined with lofty 
trees, whose verdant tops, varying from the dark hemlock 
to the light maple, were bending with the wind. ‘Through 
this waving forest the cascade appeared at various distances, 
sparkling with the rays of the sun, and forming a fine con- 
trast to the sombre rocks which surround it. From this 
eavity, at the distance of several miles, a peak rose to an 
elevation of two thousand feet, while the mountains on the 
