. Down east latch strings; or Seashore, lakes and mountains by the Boston & Maine railroad. Descriptive of the tourist region of New England . A GLIMPSE AT LAKE WINNIPESAUKEE. There was j-et time for a drive, and the direction mattered little,for it would be difficult to go amiss in this region, Where your chambers ope to sunrise,The mountains and the lake. One drive follows the historic old Conway stage-road into the Notch,as far as West Ossipee,. a station on the Boston and Maine Railroad,and affords one of the finest panoramic views in this region, themain feature of which is the bristlino;
. Down east latch strings; or Seashore, lakes and mountains by the Boston & Maine railroad. Descriptive of the tourist region of New England . A GLIMPSE AT LAKE WINNIPESAUKEE. There was j-et time for a drive, and the direction mattered little,for it would be difficult to go amiss in this region, Where your chambers ope to sunrise,The mountains and the lake. One drive follows the historic old Conway stage-road into the Notch,as far as West Ossipee,. a station on the Boston and Maine Railroad,and affords one of the finest panoramic views in this region, themain feature of which is the bristlino; Sandwich mountains, best visible. about eight miles from Centre IIarl)or, wliere the} stand in the order:Israel, Sandwich Dome, Whiteface, Passaconaway, Faugus, Chocorua,with Mt. Whittier near at hand on the right. This is a daily stage-route, and is, in fact, an old-established line of travel to the WhiteMomitains, now, of course little used, compared with the railways, butstill taken by knowing ones, and excursion tickets can be arranged inBoston which shall include it as a part of the round tour. Another impressive view of the same nobly modeled range — oneof the most muscular, so to speak, in all New Hampshire,—is gainedfrom Shepard hill, (on the road to Phuiouth) where the Asquam Houseoverlooks its labyrinthine lake. Stages also run daily up to Ossipee Park, — a modern hotel and cottage-station high upon the shoulders of thatfine central height so conspicuous from every part of the lake country. But the drive of drives, to which a whole day should be given, isthat passing around Squam lake,—a small body o
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