New-York daily tribune., 1858-07-31
THE WHITE MOUNTAIN ARETHUSA.
c.,,..rops.uce Of The Bos.on Advertiser.

Couespoudepc Of The Bosson Advertiser.
TIr Tor HOUSE, Mt. Washington, July II, 1888.
The sitting down rock at the head OF Tuckermans
ravire thrusts itssf well forward over the gulf made
by two such mountain waves, a. have ried, however
vain y to describe. Iis projection, pulpit like, from
the precipice-and you lock sheer down upon sno@
beneath you, from which run out little threads OF
water, to form, far below, little lake, which the
Hermlts PoId which feeds the Crystal Cascade.
This mas of enow msy be six hundred feet in length
may be half that length, do not know, nor would
your gentle reader any the better appreciate M s.e
II could give il 10 him in lines or mill netref Inc
gorge here, and there it lay thirty forty hf'y feet
deep perhaps twice as deep crowded home closer ano
closer by the weight above, and now sinking doNn
under hot days and cold nights mass Of ice rathei
than Snow, precisely like the Arctic snow banks Oh
which the McClures and Belchers tell you The hest
Of the rocks and possibly slow descent OF the whoe
mass toward the valley, makes miniature ereras< 20
tween the ice and the cliffs You have a. MI. mug
has very wen said, infant glacier before you, ~
which glacier ss in its kindred Of other White Moun.
tsns Alb OF Alpes) . river is born. Come 10 sns
lower side of this slopipg mass OF snows and hne
moubtan torrent Is running forth, Larger 70 tne o &
little larger in fact than tnat series OF cascades ~cu
you zee pouring under the snow at is upper euss
from the wet facei of the preciplce. uaaer tne Ls
they flow. Does il settle down into them Pfsy WY
should it Here is sohd abutment eacn siae Ioi 70. o.
arch 10 st upon icy mase itself ss strong o. n W
lying over the stresm, and a. the rowiDg "e.eI VI
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much cenkriHg from q vault OF ice ABOVE 49, w.
star de ss securely heavy pressure above nr .;S
tezia within, and unyieldDg sbutment a. co ,;..s
can make any arch stand. Out dances the otgh. t.e
am, which is TO be q nver from csveta Gu;
has rore Of the gloom Of . cave from "ncH '''''N
Arethusa flowed. ..,h,,,.
This "scueh Of SHOWS" from which our AreinLsa nI
dances, s Q sfd, shspeless hail. oog enough oi I'm
and Thor, and ali the Morse gods to be recn.Is "
eether wide enough for themto have tneI 80
couches two abreast, a. they recline tnelei u -
do rot satisfy the precision OF our editor, wv
feet from portal TO p,rtsl, AZ Enocn tels me ~
RODS vide % Flibert declares s bottom e Y, 'Aen s
rcck Of the rsvne, piled pell mel for toe oss,p'
cascade; ts upper gateway ons eve ta ies % % :,
than its lower, the word leve. q neie - - On 80
all; ard the whole cuItaned IN from tte ,1s
world And 10 no simple cuvers, suen = man tas
in one useful curve over stream. AZ ~ ~ Snen
dome Of false echoes such as re BUDS WEE ~.
over q church or q custom-house. lie gfeee cuiso
made upby subtle Intervening OF iess edise., 1
vault of leseer vauts who<e aeeei.s Ale oru~ 10
man lrows nor shal know. Look rom she Over pr.
tai vhsre Enech lie gathering haii stones, up 70 tne
upper, where fiisgs of water le isisps lh" nsI'
and our:ainrg from 10 tie clear hgnt Ao.vs. DSI,"
your eye is lcst among the blsck vsxi .,;.
Above /. 10 all the bngA; sreen o. ,heee rs,s uo.e,
nakirg up oEe larger vsut, ses k.g ~ euu
eeNy zee ding nors bat that which thsy en os'neH
frst spripg from the rugged rock on si.hef sie.
TIE s<nse Of fxsd mabls strength As ex.,'c. az
TIA: ef tne beauty Of the wros' @' Il JUG ".''
PkIcs.