﻿THE 
  SCENERY 
  OF 
  NORTH 
  AMERICA 
  

  

  353 
  

  

  otograph 
  © 
  Asahel 
  Curtis 
  

  

  IN 
  A 
  WASHINGTON 
  STATIC 
  WHEAT 
  FIELD 
  

  

  in 
  their 
  size, 
  but 
  also 
  in 
  the 
  stateliness 
  of 
  

   their 
  aspect, 
  far 
  transcending 
  any 
  trees 
  

   of 
  Europe, 
  and 
  approached 
  only 
  by 
  a 
  few 
  

   in 
  Australia, 
  in 
  tropical 
  South 
  America, 
  

   and 
  in 
  the 
  islands 
  of 
  Further 
  India. 
  

  

  BEAUTY 
  IN 
  THE 
  EOREST-CEAD 
  SLOPES 
  OF 
  

   THE 
  EAST 
  

  

  From 
  these 
  western 
  peaks 
  and 
  forests 
  

   let 
  me 
  lead 
  the 
  reader 
  back 
  to 
  those 
  of 
  

   the 
  Atlantic 
  side 
  of 
  America, 
  where 
  also 
  

   we 
  shall 
  find 
  another 
  type 
  of 
  scenery 
  with 
  

   its 
  own 
  peculiar 
  charms, 
  less 
  sensational, 
  

   but 
  not 
  less 
  enjoyable 
  by 
  those 
  who 
  know 
  

   how 
  to 
  enjoy. 
  

  

  The 
  Appalachian 
  mountain 
  masses 
  are 
  

   as 
  unlike 
  the 
  mountains 
  of 
  Colorado 
  and 
  

   California 
  as 
  they 
  are 
  unlike 
  those 
  of 
  

   Europe, 
  for, 
  though 
  they 
  are 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  

   latitude, 
  climate 
  and 
  vegetation 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  

   rock-structure 
  are 
  different. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Alleghenies 
  there 
  is 
  nothing 
  to 
  

   suggest 
  the 
  Alps 
  or 
  the 
  Pyrenees 
  or 
  the 
  

   Caucasus, 
  but 
  sometimes 
  one 
  is 
  reminded 
  

   of 
  the 
  Swiss 
  and 
  French 
  Jura. 
  They 
  are, 
  

   when 
  one 
  crosses 
  them 
  from 
  east 
  to 
  west 
  

   or 
  west 
  to 
  east, 
  a 
  succession 
  of 
  smooth- 
  

   topped 
  ridges, 
  generally 
  parallel 
  to 
  one 
  

   another, 
  but 
  with 
  transverse 
  ridges 
  here 
  

   and 
  there, 
  the 
  average 
  height 
  above 
  sea- 
  

  

  