SCENERY. 
SOI 
The scenery along various parts of the lake 
is extremely grand and picturesque,, particu¬ 
larly beyond Crown Point; the shores are there 
beautifully ornamented with hanging woods 
and rocks, and the mountains on the western 
side rise up in ranges one behind the other in 
the most magnificent manner. It was on one 
of the finest evenings possible that we passed 
along this part of the lake, and the sun setting 
in all his glory behind the mountains, spread 
the richest tints over every part of the prospect; 
the moon also appearing nearly in the full, 
shortly after the day had closed, afforded u's an 
opportunity of beholding the surrounding 
scenery in fresh though less brilliant colours. 
Our little bark was now gliding smoothly along, 
whilst every one of us remained wrapt up in 
silent contemplation of the solemn scene, when 
suddenly she struck upon one of the shelving 
rocks: nothing but hurry and confusion was 
now visible on board, every one lending his 
assistance; however, at last, with some diffi¬ 
culty, we got her off; but in a minute she 
struck a second time, and after we had again 
extricated her, even a third and a fourth time; 
at last she stuck so fast, that for a short time we 
despaired of being able to move her. At the 
end of a quarter of an hour, however, we again 
fortunately got her into deep water. We had 
before suspected that our boatman did not 
