I shall long remember the rude and characteristic wildness of the scenery which surrounded these falls; rocks piled on rocks hung in rude and shapeless masses over the agitated torrents which swept their bases, whilst the bright and variegated tints of the mosses and lichens, that covered the face of the cliffs, contrasting with the dark green of the pines which crowned their summits, added both beauty and grandeur to the scene.

Our two companions, Back and Hood, made accurate sketches of these falls.

At this place we observed a conspicuous _lop-stick_, a kind of land-mark, which I have not hitherto noticed, notwithstanding its great use in pointing out the frequented routes.

It is a pine-tree divested of its lower branches, and having only a small tuft at the top remaining.

This operation is usually performed at the instance of some individual emulous of fame.