. Through the wilds; a record of sport and adventure in the forests of New Hampshire and Maine . ntly foundand buried on the bank of Wild River, just by the bridge. Beyond the bridge the railroad is almost closed in on either hand by rudeclififs towering many feet heavenwards. The Androscoggin River is still to beseen on our right, turning and twisting through the narrow strip of intervalebetween the railroad and base of the mountains. This land, although subject THROUGH THE WILDS. 6i to overflow by the spring freshets, is all cultivated, and yields abundant now reach Gilead, eighty m
. Through the wilds; a record of sport and adventure in the forests of New Hampshire and Maine . ntly foundand buried on the bank of Wild River, just by the bridge. Beyond the bridge the railroad is almost closed in on either hand by rudeclififs towering many feet heavenwards. The Androscoggin River is still to beseen on our right, turning and twisting through the narrow strip of intervalebetween the railroad and base of the mountains. This land, although subject THROUGH THE WILDS. 6i to overflow by the spring freshets, is all cultivated, and yields abundant now reach Gilead, eighty miles from Portland, and with but a momentshalt dash on. A mile or more above this station the track crosses the boundarybetween Maine and New Hampshire. Here, bidding farewell to the Pine TreeState, we soon find ourselves at Shelburne, a delightful summer resort, wellpatronized each year. At this point the mountains grow higher and still, morerugged, and a short ride brings us within view of the lofty summits of. MountsWashington, Jefferson, and Adams, that burst upon our sight from behind a. wooded ridge of Mount Moriah. Forthe next few miles, till we arrivewithin a short distance of the depotat Gorham, these mighty peaks re-main constantly in view. Just afterleaving the Shelburne station, thecars pass near a high bluff, called Moses Ledge, named for an early resident of the town, one Moses Ingalls, who issaid to have once run up to the top of it. As it is almost perpendicular and nearlyas smooth as glass, this was a feat that calls a smile to the face of the observer ofto-day, although the story is apparently well authenticated. Near it formerly stoodan immense granite bowlder, many thousand tons in weight, a great portion ofwhich has been blown to pieces and used in the construction of the railroad,an act of vandalism entirely unnecessary. A fragment of this rock was securedby Judge Burbank, of Boston, who owns the White Mountain Stock Farm in 62 THROUGH THE WILDS. Shelburne
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