New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-07-12
GRIND MOUNTAIN SCENERY.
From The Boston Aarerttser.

From The Boston Adrerttser.
The more familiar one becomes with the
natural scenery OF our own country the moro
is he suppressed with It's wonderful variety. 10
great extent and occasional magniheoace he canuo.
repress comparisons they rise involuntarily Itisp per-
haps true thar IN mountain scenery we have no such
in a nutshell, but scattered over Western bOrer
slnge gems iGr .urpasslng magnitude and brill
fancy anything That corner of Europe can show rs
TIE American traveller in Europe Is conscious
Of want Of breadth IN the aspect OF nalur.
accustomed to show him in his own land There seems
to be i'tie Sp'o5r d,ty for ,hc broad ana msS
curiosity is saiisaSd he IS CAD DC to return %
a field comparatively uuocouped, uncullivaIed'
but full OF healthy stimuli FOR tho man of bns.-
mesa, the vaetudinary aud peasure-seeker but sti.
with the preference for the atmosphere OF n,
own country, the ordinary travei.e r. who Las
exhausted the fashionable resorts OF Eurupe,
the mountains Of NewHampshre, OF New-lOrk. ara
the seac@asts OF Maine, lives Oh IN complete ans
perfect ignorance OF the finest mountain sceDeY
10 be found east OF the Rocky Mountains northern
Georgia. western North Carolina ana southwestern 'a,
gnia, within twenyour To forty eight hours ride o.
tae State House dome the Bcstonian's MeeeL
icrp asSs Of no some space & Ssapnsso ,oSod IL
tnese regions, which have attempted IN former
letter In passing. however, Asheyiie In North carr,
lima may be remembered as Furnishing OF the hEes
panoramic views OF mountain scenery 10 DE JOuLiis
our country, the eliminating point Of TIE A I
renee 10 the Gulf OF Mexico aud, IN the "oios
OF Professor Guyot. a" tne most interesting ah ana
unknown portion OF tho Allegheny range" Inls etv
waited region OF North Carolina, $50 miles in leng oys
breadth varying rom thirty to SKI, eh m aSSr
5000 feet III height thirty OF which higher thau w
Washington, n. H. Our route 10 the North this ycs!i
cluded Atlanta, Ca, and Chattanooga, Tcan tne at.
town for the purpose or making the ascent OF L0lhu
Mountain, the view from when has great local epnsr
ton, aud Is considered by thc people OF Chat9noo"
10 be the finest on the Atlantic slope. tttnA.
however, this opiaion Is founded on pesh.s
pardoDa0le local pride, rather than on an SCI
rate knowledge OF facts. Like the Rgbi In sw ikeFIs
and the Beau Catcher in Asheville Lookout MounsasS
rises abruptly, holding an Isolated POSITION IN Tue 'si
of the Tennessee bave not the accurate measucnns
al hand. but the Point" whcn Is perhaps lvOi~ss.
below the summit OF the mOuntain Is claimed by.Iss
residents 10 be 500 ieei above the river 1he yf
extensive and grand, and said IN exceptionally go
weather 10 command points IN hyc other s.s'
yiz Kentucky, Virginia, Georgia, North Cdivn,s
and Alabama. extending 100 miles. Tie whole WV
somewhat disap pointing, there beng no higher
OF mountains to form sufficient background, anu ID
consequently lacking In effects OF light aud shaas
the details or perfect mountain view. 1he fofesr
Is hne anu reminds orciby of tue view iroih IA
own Mount H0ly0ke, tho yerdure-fringod banks" -
meanderina tennessee forming O perfect ~ x-o,"'.
while partially inolosed portion OF the valley VeA
striking resemblance 70 an Indian moeoasin-