There Are Broad Streets, And Avenues Of Trees, And Large
Shops, And Excellent Houses.
A general air of fat prosperity
pervades them all, and is strong at Utica as elsewhere.
I remember to have been told, thirty years ago, that a traveler
might go far and wide in search of the picturesque without finding
a spot more romantic in its loveliness than Trenton Falls. The
name of the river is Canada Creek West; but as that is hardly
euphonious, the course of the water which forms the falls has been
called after the town or parish. This course is nearly two miles
in length; and along the space of this two miles it is impossible
to say where the greatest beauty exists. To see Trenton aright,
one must be careful not to have too much water. A sufficiency is
no doubt desirable; and it may be that at the close of summer,
before any of the autumnal rains have fallen, there may
occasionally be an insufficiency. But if there be too much, the
passage up the rocks along the river is impossible. The way on
which the tourist should walk becomes the bed of the stream, and
the great charm of the place cannot be enjoyed. That charm
consists in descending into the ravine of the river, down amid the
rocks through which it has cut its channel, and in walking up the
bed against the stream, in climbing the sides of the various falls,
and sticking close to the river till an envious block is reached
which comes sheer down into the water and prevents farther
progress.
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