Scenic gems of the White Mountains . MT. WASHINGTON FROM THE every point of view among the White Mountains, Mt. Washington forms the central figure. Both from the East-side, and from theWest-side it is impossible to separate it, and it stands upon neutral ground amid the rivalry of attractions which each can muster. Seen fromacross the idylic meadows of the Sacos intervales it fills the Northern horizon, and, with such a foreground as the intervales afford renders thisa particularly charming picture. The Intervale hamlet is a most charming part of the larger village of North Con
Scenic gems of the White Mountains . MT. WASHINGTON FROM THE every point of view among the White Mountains, Mt. Washington forms the central figure. Both from the East-side, and from theWest-side it is impossible to separate it, and it stands upon neutral ground amid the rivalry of attractions which each can muster. Seen fromacross the idylic meadows of the Sacos intervales it fills the Northern horizon, and, with such a foreground as the intervales afford renders thisa particularly charming picture. The Intervale hamlet is a most charming part of the larger village of North Conway, two miles distant. Herethe wide green meadows open away iipon the left, overhung upon the farther edge by tall cliffs and garlanded by groves of elms and willowsmarking the course of the mountain-born Saco. From the heart of Waumbek Methna, from the lake which never failsFlows the Saco into the cool lap of Conways ECHO LAKE AND WHITE HORSE favorite drive for the summer visitors to North Conway leads across the intervales,—broad, level, fertile meadows of the Saco, dottedwith exquisite elms beneath which flows the quieted and again still fretted waters, to the singular cliffs at the foot of Moat Mountain, the WhiteHorse and Cathedral Ledges, and to Echo Lake. The Echo Lake of Conway, which must not be confounded with that of the same name in theFranconias, covers but a few acres, and, as is apparent from the picture, has a bright sandy shore. The White Horse Ledge rises abruptly fromits western border ; in fact overhangs the waters of the lake, in which it is reflected as in a mirror, showing its buff, purple and gray tints in richduplication. These ledges are very apparent to the traveller by railroad train as he approaches North Conway from the west, forming at once asource of wonder at the abruptness of their rise. White Horse Ledge takes its name from the fancied apparition of a
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