CATARACTS, CASCADES, CAVERNSr 



Under this article we mention the falls of Powoi^ 

 river, which rises in New Hampshire, and falls into 

 the Merrimack between Salisbury and Amesbury 

 in the county of Essex. At these falls^ the descent 

 of the water, in the distance of 50 rods is 100 feet, 

 and its passage carries one blooniery, five saw mills, 

 seven grist mills, two linseed oil mills, one fulling 

 mill, and one snufF mill, besides several wheels, 

 auxiliary to different labours. The rapid fall of the 

 water.. ..the dams at very short distances crossing 

 the river»...the various wheels and mills, arising 

 almost immediately over one another. ..and the very 

 irregular and grotesque situatioa of the houses and 

 other buildings on the adjoining grounds, give this 

 place a romantic appearance, and afford, on the 

 whole, one of the most singular views to be found 

 in this country.* 



Passage of the HudsoUy down Glenn^s Falls,,** 

 About fifty miles north, of x\lbany, near Kingsbury, 

 is a very picturesque and magnificent scene. The 

 whole waters of the Hudson fall down a prodigious 

 steep. A solid bed of lime-stone crosses the river 

 a little above the place where it descends. The 

 rock there divides itself into so many distinct masses, 

 that when the water is low or scanty, it rushes through 

 four different chasms between the calcareous walis» 

 When the river is swelled with rains, all these fis* 

 sures and interposing mounds are covered, and the 



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