74 VIEW OF MATANGA FALL. 



withered appearance, almost on the instant that it is gathered 

 from the parent stem. It is a perennial plant, and seldom 

 exceeds nine or ten inches in height. The members of the 

 family to which it belongs are noted for being acrid, caustic and 

 poisonous. 



VIEW OF MATANGA FALL 



NEAR WYALUSING, PENNSYLVANIA. 



The view here given, represents one of the many pretty 

 waterfalls which pour down the precipitous banks of the 

 Susquehanna. Between Tioga Point and Lackawanna, there 

 are frequently seen small streams hurrying over rocks, some- 

 times an hundred feet in height, to unite their waters with those 

 of the Susquehanna. Matanga Fall is about eight or ten 

 miles below the village of Wyalusing, on the eastern side of 

 the Susquehanna, and descends over a steep rocky precipice 

 from a height of nearly one hundred and fifty feet. It is a 

 stream of considerable size, issuing from a lake lying among the 

 mountains about two miles distant from the river. The country 

 around is mountainous and extremely picturesque. Not far to 

 the north of Matanga Fall, on the western side, is a precipitous 

 rock, which is said to contain a vast amount of treasure. 

 Many attempts have been made to obtain it, but without 

 success. The Indian Manitto seems to possess something of 

 the freakish spirit of his fairy brethren in the old world, and 

 seldom rewards the toil of sordid intruders into his wild 

 domains. 



