Excerpt from Picturesque America, or the Land We Live In: A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes, Water-Falls, Shores, Can~ons, Valleys, Cities, and Other Picturesque Features of Our CountryT is the design of the publication entitled picturesque america to present full descriptions and elaborate pictorial delineations of the scenery characteristic of all the different parts of our country. The wealth of material for this purpose is almost boundless.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.