The Catskill, or Kauterskill falls, represented in the cut below, are in
the south-west part of the town of Catskill, about fourteen miles from
the village, and two miles west from Pine Orchard, a celebrated summer
resort on the brow of the Catskill mountain. Two ponds, uniting their
outlets, pour the stream thus formed, by falls and rapids in a deep
ravine, to the plain below. The first fall is a hundred and eighty feet
perpendicular; and the second, which is within a short distance, about
eighty feet. Behind the first fall is an immense natural amphitheater,
into which the visitor can go, and look through the water as it falls
from above. The view from the ‘Mountain house,’ near by, is extensive
and varied. The landscape, in a clear atmosphere, is visible for sixty
miles.
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