most elevated summit of this range lies about
half a mile from the roads which pass at its base
in various directions, and may be ascended by
several paths from the different sides.

BLUE SULPHUR SPRING, YA.

This spring is situated in the region of the
other Virginia springs, in a beautifully pic-
turesque valley, on Muddy Creek, a small tribu-
tary of the Greenbrier Eiver. It is about 20
miles W. of the celebrated White Sulphur Springs.
The medicinal properties of the Blue Sulphur
are considered as valuable, and draw a large num-
ber of visitors. Accommodations are afforded at
the public houses for about 300 guests. This
place is about 200 miles W. of Richmond, and is
reached by the Richmond, Eredericksburg, and
Louisa Railroads, as far as Gordonsville, thence
by stage, via Staunton and the Natural Bridge, to
the springs. For particulars of this and other
•outes, see White Sulphur Springs.

BOOTHBAY, ME.

This place, frequently known as Townsend Har-
bor, which is celebrated as one of the largest and
most commodious harbors on the Atlantic coast,
has become quite a fashionable resort for seekers
of health and pleasure from the towns on the
Kennebec River and other parts of Maine. Fish-
ing and fowling here are exceeding good, and
the convenient pleasure trips in boats among the
islands in the bay afford no small enjoyment to
the visitors.

Among the thousands of coasting vessels which
swarm upon this coast, many hundreds are fre-
quently seen within this harbor at the same time,
enjoying a safe retreat from the raging storm
without. Boothbay lies about 12 miles E. of the
mouth of the Kennebec, and 24 miles from the
city of Bath.

BRANDYWINE SPRINGS, DE.

These celebrated springs are situated near the
Brandywine Creek, and are reached by carriages
from Wilmington. They are much resorted to,
both for health and pleasure, by the citizens of
Wilmington, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and other
places. Distant from Wilmington but a few
miles.

BURNING SPRINGS, N. Y.

There is one of these curious springs, or rather
eruptions of inflammable gas from the earth, sit-
uated in a ravine on the W. side of Bristol, 8
miles S. E. from Canandaigua. The gas rises
through fissures of the slate rock, at the margin
and in the bed of a brook. Where it issues from
the rock it burns with a steady and beautiful
flame. In winter, it forms openings in the su-
perincumbent snow; and, being set on fire, it
presents the curious spectacle of a flame rising
out of the snow. In very cold weather, tubes of
ice are formed around those currents to the height
of two or three feet. When burning in a still
evening, these natural lights may be seen pre-
senting a novel and beautiful appearance.

There is another of these burning springs near
the village of Barcelona, 51 miles W. of Buffalo,
which has been applied to the useful purpose of
maintaining a Light on the southern shore of
Lake Erie. The gas escapes from the bed of
a creek about 1 mile distant from the lake, and
is carried in pipes to the light-house. There are
other-similar springs in the U. S.

CAPE ANN, MS.

See towns of Gloucester and Rockport.

CAPE MAY, N. ,T.

This place, situated at the mouth of Delaware
Bay, on the N. E. side, has, for a number of years
past, become an attractive watering-place, much
frequented by the citizens of Philadelphia and
others. During the summer season, a steamboat
runs from the city to the cape, and affords a
pleasant trip. The beach is unsurpassed as a
bathing-place, and the accommodations for the
entertainment of visitors are of the first order.
Distance from Philadelphia, 102 miles.

CARROLLTON GARDENS, LA.

This pleasant resort for the citizens of New
Orleans is at Carrollton, a rapidly improving
place, about 6 miles above the city, on the Mis-
sissippi. A railroad extends from the centre of
New Orleans to this place, and it is occupied as a
place of residence by many who do business in
the city. Excellent cars run over the road every
few minutes during the day and evening.

CATAWBA FALLS, N. C.

Situated on the left of the Swannanoa road, so
called, leading from Morgantown to Nashville,
through the Swannanoa Gap, and about 5 miles
distant from the road. These falls are much vis-
ited by tourists, and are well worthy the attention
and admiration they receive. The Catawba River
is a branch of the Santee. See Wateree River,
p. 256.

COHASSET ROCKS, MS.

These storm-beaten rocks, which have been the
means of sending so many shipwrecked mariners
to a watery grave, lie at the entrance of Co-
hasset harbor, a few miles S. E. of the light-
house at the entrance of Boston harbor, extend-
ing about 3 miles from the town, and quite
out into Massachusetts Bay. The outline of the
shore at this point is such as necessarily to expose
this place to the most powerful action of the sea,
which has consequently here laid bare, to the
skeleton, this brawny limb of “ New England's
rock-bound coast.'' The area covered with these
ledges embraces many hundred square acres. It
is a place of imminent hazard to vessels coming
on the coast, and many have been the wrecks
here experienced, with great destruction of life.
The attempt was made, in 1849, to establish a
light-house upon the outer extremity of these
rocks, where, of course, the sea breaks over them
with all its force. On the ledge known by mari-
ners as Minot's Ledge, a structure was erected,
consisting of iron piles, inserted from 5 to 6 feet
in the rock, eight inches in diameter at the base,
and four and a half inches at the top, nine in
number, one being in the centre, and firmly
braced by iron rods connecting them one with
another. The breadth of this structure at the
base was 25 feet, and its height 75 feet. It was
first lighted January 1, 1850. In the great gale
of April 16, 1851, this light-house was entirely
beaten down, and now lies buried in the sea.
Two persons, who had the care of the light, were
lost in its destruction. A light-ship has since
been placed at this station.

Cohasset is a pleasant place of summer resort
for the citizens of Boston, from which it is dis-
tant, by railroad, 22 miles. Amid the rocks on the