Litchfield enquirer., 1849-09-27

Won 10 the " old man of the Mountains.
and ss vOu turn your eyein the direction
Indicated, you behold profile OF the na-
nan face. 1t it suspended some 1900
feet above you, on the abrupt termination
ot mountain, or rather, on a sudden
curye, overlooking the remainder OF the
Eotcs, many miles in extent. When
studied, this profile is an object OF intense
interest. The face is estimated to be
about 80 feet in length, and the nose to
nro;ect about 90 feet. Vet the distance
at which you see it is so great, that the
proportions present you perfect prone
There is an appearance Of stern, unbend-
;os ,oa;esty about it. which excites feel
-, i awe in one who contemplates it as
NE. handiwork Of the Almighty, placed
hevond the reach Of human destrOyers,
and hung out as the only sentinel OF that
dark region, as it doubtless was Tor Raa-
ny centuries. IL. fo..,a,
,brouuh this deep ravine, still walled up
by these towering mountains which on
Weave in many places at their base, room
tnouph for the road in which you travel,
and one branch Of the Merrimack river,
vou reach s.thc basin This is beau
f;ful howl of rock, some twenty fect III
diameter, one side being twenty or thirty
feet higher than the other from oenl!u
which, the Merrimack flows INTO IL An
snch . manner as to give circular mo-
ton To the water. This is SO clear, that,
th1uoh said to be twenty feet Deep you
can see almost every pebble On the bot,
tom: and tits indeed one OF the most
BEAUTIFUL objects in sll the mountains
paes;ne IN still two miles father, we
reached the fine hotel called, the "flume
House,' at which you are supplied with
all the substantials and many OF the del
icac;es furnished at the Broadway hotels'
4vb;ch are served up with as much taste.
Erono this house we walked into the
woods about half mile to look at the
-.Pool" another deep basin OF water,
supplied by the same stream tumpllng
over 4 wild and craggy ledge, with high
rockv sides both above and below the
rails all in the widest possible state. and
al rerv picturesque in its appearance,
mt NOT to be compared for moment
-.;th the Bash Pish" Of our own vlcln-
;fv for wild grandeur and for the beauty
81 It's waterfall. Returning to the hotel,
wa took seats in Wagons to visit the
Plume about a mile distant. Here
.nother stream flows down between two
nernendicular walls Of rock, averaging
Some fifty or sixty feet high from the
.rotar which flows over q broken rocky
aottr., for a number of rods, where the
SIDE walls terminate, and at which point
the river commences flowing over the
smooth surface Of rock forming the noun
ta;n side. This descent is about 200
Sect and flowing as the water does over
a wide surface, and between banks out
slightly raised, presents a beautiful sight'
unusual in a waterfall. 1t Is indeed an
object Of greater curiosity. in my estlna-
ton. than the Flume itself.
After dining at the Flume House, we
returned to the Lafayette House to spend
another night IN the vicinity Of '.the old
man Of the mountains" and to visit the
Echo Lake and another beautiful little
sheet of water lying at the foot ot the
meuntasn from which tie great profile IS
suspended. Leaving this delightful re-
pioa on the following morning, we pro-
ceeded to the White Mountains proper,
relative to which you may have some
thing in a subsequent letter.
Mean time remain sincerely yours,
''' +...--....-' II.