Picturesque America; or, The land we live in. A delineation by pen and pencil of the mountains, rivers, lakes, forests, water-falls, shores, cañons, valleys, cities, and other picturesque features of (14740527706)

Identifier: picturesqueameri01brya (find matches)
Title: Picturesque America; or, The land we live in. A delineation by pen and pencil of the mountains, rivers, lakes, forests, water-falls, shores, cañons, valleys, cities, and other picturesque features of our country
Year: 1872 (1870s)
Authors: Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878, editor Bunce, Oliver Bell, 1828-1890
Subjects:
Publisher: New York, D. Appleton
Contributing Library: University Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Digitizing Sponsor: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill



Text Appearing Before Image:
s of a number of large slabs of rocks, piled in strange formone upon the other, and apparently in immediate danger of toppling over. The readeiwill readily discover this queer pile if he consults Mr. Fenns drawing showing the viewfrom the Point. Another odd mass is called Saddle Rock, from a fancied resem-blance to a saddle. It consists of a great pile of limestone, that has crumbled andbroken away in small particles, like scales, until in texture one may discover a likeness toan oyster-shell, and in form something of the contour of a saddle-tree. With queer rock- LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN AND THE TENNESSEE. 59 forms, Lookout Mountain is certainly abundantly supplied. It is supposed that theserocks, jutting so far above the level of the Palisades, are remains of a higher escarpment,which, during uncounted centuries, has gradually worn away. The lake and cascade to which I have referred are known as Lulu Lake and Lulu Falls, Lulu being a corruption of the Indian name of Tullulah. The cascade is
Text Appearing After Image:
Rock City, Lookout Mountain. one of uncommon beauty. It is nearly as high as Niagara, and far more picturesque inits setting. This lake and cascade can only be reached on foot or horseback ; no vehiclecan traverse the very rough road which leads to them. But their singular beauty, andthe strange, quaint features of the City of Rocks, would reward unusual exertions on thepart of the visitor. Lookout Mountain, indeed, is very imperfectly seen by those who 6o PICTURESQUE AMERICA. make a hurried jaunt to its Palisades, glance at the prospect so superbly spread out beforethem, and then hurry back again. There is no mountain and no landscape that does notrequire its acquaintance to be cultivated somewhat, just as we must meet our friends inmany intercourses before we can come to fully understand them. A mountain no morecarries its beauty within the ready ken of everybody than a wise man wears his heart onhis sleeve for daws to peck at. The supreme beauty, the varied features, the changingas