204 VIEW OF CATTAW1SSA. 



DISTANT VIEW OF CATTAWISSA, PENNSYLVANIA. 



This view was taken about a mile below the village of 

 Cattawissa, on the Susquehanna- The country around is very 

 broken and hilly, and as an almost inevitable consequence, 

 highly picturesque. Cattawissa is a small straggling place, on 

 the eastern bank of the Susquehanna, which is here crossed by 

 a bridge of considerable length. The river both above and 

 below is full of islands varying from half an acre to thirty or 

 forty acres in extent, generally well wooded, and exceedingly 

 pretty. The banks of the Susquehanna on the eastern side are 

 here very bold and rugged, rising several hundred feet in height, 

 and presenting from their summits the most extensive and 

 varied prospects that can well be imagined. The country in the 

 neighborhood of Cattawissa is well settled and in general 

 very fertile ; although agriculture is in a very backward con^ 

 dition compared with what it is in some other parts of the 

 state. 



