. Here and there in New England and Canada . A GLIMPSE AT LAKE WIXNIlESAUKEE. retired before the Provincial troops. In 1746, Atkinsons New-Hampshireregiment lay, for a year or more, a few miles from the lake, and built astrong fortress at Union Bridge, on the Winnipesaukee River. Theirscouting-parties and reconnoissances in the neighborhood gave them agreat liking for this fair region; and a few years later, when the Conquestof Canada had made an end of Indian raids, they moved on all sides intothe Lake Country, where their descendants now live. The modern taste for accurate statistics compels
. Here and there in New England and Canada . A GLIMPSE AT LAKE WIXNIlESAUKEE. retired before the Provincial troops. In 1746, Atkinsons New-Hampshireregiment lay, for a year or more, a few miles from the lake, and built astrong fortress at Union Bridge, on the Winnipesaukee River. Theirscouting-parties and reconnoissances in the neighborhood gave them agreat liking for this fair region; and a few years later, when the Conquestof Canada had made an end of Indian raids, they moved on all sides intothe Lake Country, where their descendants now live. The modern taste for accurate statistics compels the statements thatWinnipesaukee covers 70 square miles of water, in places 200 feet deep, andforms 267 islands, covering 8 square miles, 226 of which are of less than 10acres in area each. The inability of the small inflowing streams to form sogreat a lake causes scientific persons to believe that manv copious springs 19. i < 20 gush out in tlie quiet depths below, preserving the crystalline purity andlimpidity for which these waters have always been renowned. The outlet isthe Winnipesaukee River, which unites with the pure Pemigewasset flood toform the Merrimac, entering the sea at gray old Newburyport. On the southare Copple Crown and the bold highlands of Wolfeborough and Alton; thestately Belknap peaks rise on the west, like Vesuvius from the Bay ofNaples; the vast blue line of the Ossipee range closes in on the east; andto the northward, beyond Red Hills long ridge, the imposing crests of theSandwich Mountains cleave the sky. The two chief steamboats on the lake are the Mount Washington, plyingtwice daily between Alton Bay, Wolfeborough, Long Island, and CentreHarbor (thirty miles); and the Lady of the Lake, running from Wolfebor-ough to Centre Harbor and Weirs (thirty miles). Smaller vessels run fromLake Village to Weirs and Long Island, and sometimes to Meredith andMelvin Village. 7\ KALEVIMA
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