The west shore., January 01, 1881, Page 4, Image 2

THE WEST SH
IKRV, BViX CAl.fVORNIAS'. rise abruptly? from the bi
SHORE
1881
OUR SCKNK
Thii i what Thomas Gardiner, Esq.,
of Oakland, Cat., say of our scenery ;
The Columbia and Willamette riven
from Astoria to Portland, present a con
tinuoim change of rare and beautiful
scenery, It in scarcely possible to con
ceive more perfect picture gallery,
than the hand of nature bus prepared
ml laid out along each side of the
bank, from the margin of the riven
away up to the highest summit of the
mountains There arc continually and
in fresh variety, being spread before
the tourist, in endless numbers, distinct
and beautiful lsndhcaK-s. The varied
abruptly? from the banks of the 8na(ic8anujinciHivwiiiuiili..s
river, some hundreds of feet high and j it is of the red, yellow or white pine,
are gali followed by others, Still thcoak.theh.-theinnpleor-the-pop.
higher and yet higher, till in some in- lar, all of which tue closely blended, so
stances they tower away up 3,000 to their branches intenvinc the one with
3,500 feet above the river. Hirds here, the other. 1 "
seem like butterflies, nnd trees of un- The first rising of the caily sun, ft so
usually large dimensions and growth, bcwitcliiugly beautiful here, as. to deiy
appear as 11 tncy were nm uny gamen
ornaments J distance and space are both
deceptive. On looking at the sur
rounding wonders, which cannot be
done except with feelings of awe, if
me iianii 01 ui: Mum luiiuiiip muoi,
and no pen can produce aught Jhat
could more than, buf lend a fiunt outline
to the glory and splendor pat cat) hep
be witnessed, as he peeps o'er the pine
ever humanity could feel how small clad tops of the towering mountains,
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and insignificant a part we arc, of this
great universe, it ought to present itself
here.
When he first breaks from these thickly
wooded bairiers, kissing and levelling
on the glistening bosom-of the majestic
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THE N. W. COR, KIRST AND WASHINGTON' STREETS, PORTLAND, OR.
woods of the dense forest, the cul-j An artist could busily spend a life-! current, there is, all around, every
tivated valleys the expanse of watcn, time in drawing, so many and varied ' where, presenting a scene truly the
the giant hillt and the far-ofT snow- j are tho beauties that are presented, yet most delightful and dazzling to iook
capped mountain contrasting with the so perfect ami complete as at once to upon. The greatest can now be seen,
nearer green, form as a whole, the most picscrve the character of each, and un-
dcllghlful and harmonious combinations - ccasingly find subjects for new and gor
it Is possible to bring together. Lvcr
changing and ever beautiful, one charm
ing scene follow right upon the other,
II equally picturesque and yielding
new and fresh pleasure to the aston
ished looker-on. liut the grandest and
gcous picture. The river itself a
Huff rock for long distance along the
river s edge, rise up hundredsof feet and
the tops covered with tall pines causing
broad, clear, rapid noble looking stream, hi. effect peculiarly bold and grand,
range in wimn iron. 1 10 1 miles, , while a short distance further on. Das-
ha at the lowest stages of water, an . ing along through a panorama of wood
average depth of iS feet, though in
many place it is 40, adds much to the
most wonderful of these sights, are to magnificence and beauty of the scene
be iund wait jo mile alove the junc- The mountain from the highest
tion of the ilUmcttc, on the Col- j peak to the base and away on down
umbia river, everything there being on ( toW watcn edge, are luxuriantly clad
a larger, broader, grander scale. Rock tin a variety of rich green tintv The
and water, mountain and. vale, in; the
meantime we suddenly come, upon and
the eye i gladdened, by., what seems
almost a fairy scene, quite, at; yarjance,
too, with all that had gone, before.
The dark green, luxuriant foliage ha
parted, away up.furoifthe- hill-tdcs