"The bordering lawn, the gaily flowered vale,
The river's crystal, and the meadow's green,
Grateful diversity, allure the eye."
Such transitions yield some of the sweetest recreations which the varied prospect of nature can afford.
An accident in breaking our carriage, delayed us so long, that it was evening before we arrived at our Inn. We rode thirty miles this day.
Saturday, April 9
While our carriage is repairing we rest at Capt. Graham's, who resides in a delightful valley, belonging to Providence township, in Bristol County.[1] His neat and commodious dwelling is principally built with lime-stone, laid in mortar. The rooms and chambers are snug, and handsomely furnished; and the accommodations and entertainment he provides are the best to be met with between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.
{19} A fine lawn spreads before the house, bordered on one part by a meandering brook, and on the other by the Juniata river, from the margin of which rise the steep sides of Mount Dallas. The trees of other times add hoary greatness to its brow, and the clouds which rest in misty shades upon its head give it a frowning and gloomy pre-eminence.
The Juniata rises from two principal springs on the Alleghany mountains; one of which is very near the top, and pours a copious stream. It receives, also, supplies from many small rills in its course, and working out a bed between the mountains, passes through a gap in the Blue ridge, and empties into the Susquehannah, fifteen miles above Harrisburg.
- ↑ This is a misprint for Bedford County, in which East and West Providence townships are situated.—Ed.
