. Popular resorts, and how to reach them : combining a brief description of the principal summer retreats in the United States, and the routes of travel leading to them . come, and^ gi/e upon as grand a pictureas the mnid can well \iew IS identical with thattiom the summit of INIountWilhid, ilrcadj so celebrated;uid btciuse the prospect isueaiei, uiclosed with inoun-tiin cliffs on either side, andlight and shide are seen withbtttei effect, gnes more pleas-uie than that fiom the higherponit \\ e look down into thebasm-hke \ alley with its sidessweeping upward in graceful(onciA es
. Popular resorts, and how to reach them : combining a brief description of the principal summer retreats in the United States, and the routes of travel leading to them . come, and^ gi/e upon as grand a pictureas the mnid can well \iew IS identical with thattiom the summit of INIountWilhid, ilrcadj so celebrated;uid btciuse the prospect isueaiei, uiclosed with inoun-tiin cliffs on either side, andlight and shide are seen withbtttei effect, gnes more pleas-uie than that fiom the higherponit \\ e look down into thebasm-hke \ alley with its sidessweeping upward in graceful(onciA es , cascade and water-fill tumble fiom the-mountain\ side, and the Saco like a sil-\ei thieid wpa\es in and outamong tin lorks and throughthe green tex-ture of over-hanging foli-age; while atour feet liethe waters ofI)is7nal Pool,secluded andstill as if sul-lenly reluc-tant to moveinto the sun-SILVER CASCADE. light beyond. Across the valley the sparkling waters of Silver Cascade are seen,a mere thread of silver. Down from the mountain top it springs near athousand feet in successive leaps, a rushing, boiling, foaming mass, tillit joins the waters of the Saco POPULAR HESOKTS, AND HOW TO KEACH THEM. Turning to the left, wliile yet under the shade of Mount Willard we reach the summit of our ascent, and, bursting through the narrow Gate of the Notch, are soon at the hospitable doors of the Crawford House. ^_-=_—__ _ It is four ^-=r ~~ niilesfrom Crawfordsto the Fab-yan House;and the rail-road, havingpassedthesource of theSaco in thepretty lake-let betweenthe Gate ofthe Notchand the ho-tel, followsthe valley oftlie Ammo-^^- lujosuc River for the re-maining dis-tance. After leaving the Crawford, and before we rnacli the Fabyan,another grand view of the Mount Washington Range is had, includingthe entire western slope from Clinton to Clay, and the summits ofWashington and Jefferson, the highest elevations of New England. Thecompleted portion* of this division of the Portland an
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