Lake George is without comparison, the most beautiful water I ever saw; formed by a contour of mountains into a basin... finely interspersed with islands, its water limpid as crystal, and the mountain sides covered with rich groves... down to the water-edge: here and there precipices of rock to checker the scene and save it from monotony. β¨ Bernard Mayo, Thomas Jefferson (1988). Jefferson Himself: The Personal Narrative of a Many-Sided American, p.176, University of Virginia Press
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