Stowe notes, letters and verses . with some fine maples and yellowbirches, until we reached an altitude above the range ofthe former, where the evergreens became more numer-ous, spruces mostly, and slender tapering firs. And inthe openings we saw ahead of us the glistening ridge ofthe mountain, heavily frosted by clouds condensing andfreezing over night. You can imagine the delightfulnature of the drive through this winter forest, whereabandoned lumber roads wound with smooth unbrokensurfaces and prolonged the glimpses from our road,which occasionally dipped to the crossing of smallravines on
Stowe notes, letters and verses . with some fine maples and yellowbirches, until we reached an altitude above the range ofthe former, where the evergreens became more numer-ous, spruces mostly, and slender tapering firs. And inthe openings we saw ahead of us the glistening ridge ofthe mountain, heavily frosted by clouds condensing andfreezing over night. You can imagine the delightfulnature of the drive through this winter forest, whereabandoned lumber roads wound with smooth unbrokensurfaces and prolonged the glimpses from our road,which occasionally dipped to the crossing of smallravines on corduroy bridges. At about half past one wereached the camp. The house where the lumbermensleep and have their meals is not particularly interesting,but I found the log barn decidedly picturesque. The house is kept by Charlie Burts nigger and hiswife, a white woman. Its neat and cleanly, but a some-what primitive abode, consisting of a single room which ^:2:^ Z ;^ «,^^ ^/4. ^ y *^ ?^^ / ^^ ^ ^^^-^ . ^^^^ -7^ c<^7!^^. yA-i^^x^f- _/W-^
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