New-York tribune., 1841-08-27
From the Knickerbocker for Augu'
THE WHITE MOUNTAINS.
NEW-UAMPSHIRE.

roci,g ,be whole from the West around 20 the 'o
East and their tops wreathed IN clouds OF snow. 40
advance North they ell up more OF the space o ,t,
,,oI NJ last YOU fed Yourself completely segir' " " 80
their rough side. hernning you IN every "Aei - -
prosch them population becomes more 'P4, -, ~, an
r,ucb and sterile. and every thing pcsin,. - -
nenrarce of Uniformed, chaotic matter, " ii
lf NJ. ,yr g,de and brook and cngle no" lhieau-
inp the ,hickcnng forest. and now Slowly pI'i"S T ~
and ,rerulous bridge Speak wen -, "N -
80 90 g. oyer saws the adage, and am sure ,ha' never
ne ' 81 X ;,ion 20 do II series of bridges justice; for
Ii bo lways discharged their duty tney always ieft one
wondering how they able 10 do H. Here ana mere
E L ,neared in the midst OF clearing, Us wood chm
and sides, and wDdOwless holes locking
bere. enough Generally speaking, there Is 100 ltte neat
ness around g-noes give the picturesque cottage air
attractive to the traveller and the squad children crowdas
GU, of the door gaze at the passery or rolling with the
pigs in the mud and sand make the tout ensemble OF new
settlers habtation very repulsiyc
The valley which iayersed by all travellers vis'tiHg the
White Hills n,ersected by tue Saco river most deli
cou valley is shut all around by mountains, fertile III
the grecnest grasses aud the ofe5 trees and most Lively
the spot the rests upon IN It's rcc
over the huge elevations around In the midst OF tins valley
Is the house of the elder Crawford His whom we shai
have occasion TO mention hereafter, all ct them mountain
men, descendants hight and strength o limb from ana
live farther They pass strange lie oi IT. these raw
orls-threc months the year receiving and entertaining
vis,es from all parts of the world and the other nine living
in utter solitude Still they well content with their lot
hale hearty oval fellows, all ready 10 oblige the vsi'rr
10 the hills in possible way and intimately associated
IN the travellers mind with he curioscs OF the place II l.
here that YOU begin first to take greatness Of these
mountains, All around YOU overlapping each other they
rise aud their immense size contrasts strangely with inc
house the trees every thing indeed YOU our ideas
are enlarged by taking in objects much greater than You
have evor seen before and for tine there painful
saon bringing the mind up to all this greatness ard gran
deur As you get accustomed them the qualification i
Increased and yoe are never tired Of looking the variety
prospects presented you pass along Now there Is
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left: then the dense dark forest, which intruder has
BEEN and the OF which has ever iaen
Here is the deep precipce and over 1t leaps the svery
strcamlc; while there is and winding pathway
past rock and moor and hllock Sometimes you ind the
solid body orock all in fragments and the huge bouer
scattered in thick profsOn the ground making whole
miles the very abomnaon of dcsoatOn Farther on the
dwarfoa ard clustered hazcs Of ground
tras,ing strangely with the around The
SUBMITS of the mountains generally bare OF all vegetation
and except for summer month"; covered with snow
The hot days of the last c July and the first Of August usually
melt away of the old although many OF the crew.
ces hold it unmeted year. while by the first Of
September and erentimcs before that the morning breaks
upon the snow-covercd tops.
The Younger Crawford who has been the guide up the hills
for many years tells great many aughae of the
pernacy of travellers in making the after the
has passed He gives his advice only the praccabty
of ascending the probability of clear sky from the top
leaving the traveller decide whether he will attempt
it, South Curolinan here few years since, the
ever made. Mr. Crawford gave him his advice told him
Of the difficulties of ascent late in the year. and urged nm
against All would not do. He had travelled hundreds Of
miles stand the highest land in the States and he
he diverted from his purpose. He accordingly
furnished with horses, provisions blankets and all
comforts and BY early light the first clear morning. he set
of with his guide in the perous undertaking. Acr reach
ing the foot of the HILL they dsmounted secured their horses
and commenced the Before halt OF the labor had
accomplished the clouds covered the heavens and
thick fall of in upon them Sill our traveller was
undismuved and encouraged and urged forward his guide
The snow fell fast that the difficulty of moving onward
creased every moments and than ALL the usual land
marks buried from sight that the guide declared he
uncertain of the way The stranger, however
ue and through mdeg deep, and the bowling OF
furious Storm he urged the anng OF his guide
Late night the top of the reached through
difficulties that but those who have been the top OF
Mount Washington imagine. When the guide pro-
claimed that the point had been gained and that they stood
the top traveller doubted fearing that the guide
finding all pcrsuason uitess had determined to
deceive him. " Is this positively the top of the hl7 'le
sir positively" Will you ~ Yes. sir
Hold up your light hand. The guide held it up. iou
soemny swear that your knowledge this place which
stapd is commonly called the top of Mount Washington
and is the spot which you conduct all travellers who come
10 ascend the mountain. So help you God The guide took
the oath and added This SIR is the pile of stones which
The travellers who come up heaped up The gen
,lcman put his hnad upon the pile, and exclaimed am
satisfied; let return The descent accomplished
with great difficulty and al imminent peril for the snow had
covered the path that it could be A. all and II
until noon OF the next day that they arrived safely
back at Crawfords
We reached the Notch Just after The entrance ot
the chasm formed by rocks standing perpendculary
the distance of feet from each ohcr about
twenty the ether twelve feet in hight This opens YOU into
narrow defc extending miles in length, between
huge cliffs apparently aunder by great convulsio
Nature. This cenvulsion DR.. Dwight thinks The De-
uge there proofs of volcanic action any where
this region Half the space occupied by the Suco River
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the huge mountains bare cliff, and rocks above YOU
either side and the view behind YOU scopeiey shut
while that before opens upon bluffs and precpices o! granite
Trees spring from the rough projections, ard wrench
themselves from the cevcc giving air of caprice
10 the The winds along, bubbns ROCKY
bed in places running deep channel in Others
ing this moment round its ninic whirlpool and the
starting rapidly of its decpworn channel And then thu
cascades up to the skies leapng in white foam dow
pccipice after precpice looking ike pure white Inland
floating IN the air How the sparkle in the sunshine
and embe In the breeze and bend downward thousand
in their rapid course The fine basin OF solid rock too
in which they lie ; still, and pure and cool: