The Granite monthly : a magazine of literature, history and state progress . nd out among these gems of theinland sea you must acknowledgethat they make the finest frame in theworld for these beautiful you sail from one island toanother new vistas of silver open be-fore you, and beyond rise blue moun-tains, the same old mountains, withshapes ever changing as you advance,until it seems as if one could neverlearn their faces to recognize as theface of a friend. And then just asyou feel sufficiently familiar to callthem by name when you meet, alongcomes a skit of rain and veil of mist
The Granite monthly : a magazine of literature, history and state progress . nd out among these gems of theinland sea you must acknowledgethat they make the finest frame in theworld for these beautiful you sail from one island toanother new vistas of silver open be-fore you, and beyond rise blue moun-tains, the same old mountains, withshapes ever changing as you advance,until it seems as if one could neverlearn their faces to recognize as theface of a friend. And then just asyou feel sufficiently familiar to callthem by name when you meet, alongcomes a skit of rain and veil of mistto create another they grow ! Dwarfs are giantsnow, and with their heads lost in theclouds they might look like pathwaysto another world. And so they arein a sense, for a mountain viewed seri-ously, should banish a world of cark-ing care and drive all sordid meannessfrom the heart of every human being(with the accent on the human). 164 A SKETCH OF LAKE WINNIPESAUKEE. J£**A m #3 ?>* ... .-— *-* v. fc*. ri«S6k #t •*£* 3&L* ,-:.r. *. Along the South Shore. We have seeu several of the largestislands of the lake, now let us ascendthe highest—Mark island, just southof Bear island. Its rocky summit issome one hundred and fifty feet abovethe lake, and from its central locationis well adapted to give one the lay ofthe land hereabouts. Sixty islandsare easily identified from this stand-point. Looking down upon theislands one notices that, while all ofthem are fringed with trees, some arewell wooded and others are bare inthe centre, many of them being usedas pastures for cattle and sheep, nota-bly Co\7 island, whose old windmill isvisible of Long island. Themill and accompanying farm build-ings were framed by Paul Pillsburyabout 1S12. The house has lon^r since gone to decay, butthe armless old mill stillstands, a landmark visi-ble for miles. The most picturesquegroup in the whole lakeis known as The For-ties ; they are next south of us, andas
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