NORTH AMERICA® 229 
The day being remarkably warm and ful try* 
together with the labour and fatigue of afeending 
the mountains, made me very thirfty and in fome 
degree funk my fpirits. Now paft mid-day, I 
fought a cool fhaded retreat, where was water for 
refrefhment and grazing for my horfe, my faithful 
Have and only companion. After proceeding a 
little farther, defeending the other fide of the moun- 
tain, I perceived at fome diftance before me, on 
my right hand, a level plain fupporting a grand 
high foreft and groves : the nearer I approached, my 
fteps were the more accelerated from the flattering 
profpeft opening to view. I now entered upon the 
verge of the dark foreft, charming folitude ! as I 
advanced through the animating ihades, obferved 
on the farther graffy verge a fhady grove ; thither 
I directed my fteps. On approaching thefe fhades, 
between the {lately columns of the fuperb foreft 
trees, prefented to view, rufhing from rocky pre- 
cipices under the fhade of the penfile hills, the un- 
paralleled cafcade of Falling Creek, rolling and 
leaping off the rocks : the waters uniting below, 
Ipread a broad glittering {fleet over a vaft convex 
elevation of plain fmooth rocks, and are immedi- 
ately received by a fpacious bafon, where trembling 
in the centre through hurry and agitation, they 
gently ftibflde, encircling the painted {till verge 5 
from whence gliding fwiftly, they foon form a de- 
lightful little river, which continuing to flow more 
moderately, is reftrained for a moment, gently un- 
dulating in a little lake : they then pafs on rapidly 
to a high perpendicular fteep of rocks, from whence 
thefe delightful waters are hurried down with irre- 
fiftible rapidity. I here feated myfelf on the mofs- 
ckd rocks, under the {hade of fpreading trees and 
Auriferous fragrant Ihrubs, in full view of the caf- 
cades® 
