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 (14577038569)

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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
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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



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Mendina: Nets on the Neversink. attractive, and it is the one our artist has followed. On both sides of the river we nowhave wooded shores, while the river broadens frequently into bays that are as handsomeand nearly as wide as those of the Hudson. All along there are pleasant cottages, andon the distant, sloping hills cultivated farms. There are picturesque landings at littlewharves thrust out from high, wooded banks ; there are quaint little houses close tothe river-shore, hiding away among trees ; there is a club-house, with its array of boats;and presently we come to the busy centre of the great oyster-breeding region. The pleas-
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THE NEVERSINK HIGHLANDS. i«i ant village of Fairhaven is an outgrowth of the oyster business. The river here isbroad and shallow; the oyster-beds abound in great numbers, and at the proper seasonwhole fleets of boats are engaged, at one time in planting, at another in gathering thewealth of the river-bed. The oysters planted here are mostly brought from Virginia;and, as the Virginia oysters are notoriously among the finest in the world, this fact mayaccount for the favor which the Shrewsbury product—we never hear of Neversink oys-ters—enjoys in our market. Not only oystermen, but fishermen, are numerous here,for this estuary affords rare fishing-grounds; and everywhere are evidences that the riveryields rich rewards to those who depend upon it. The houses, if rarely splendid, are inno instances poor or squalid, while the greater number are charming cottages surroundedby many evidences of thrift and taste. The shores here are interestingly varied by scenesof picturesque industry c