. 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 . along a ruggeded of shattered rocks. Theroad-way crosses by a light,.liry bridge immediately belowthe falls, affording an oppor-tunity to view them withoutleaving the carriage. \Vherethere are so many pleasantilrives as in the vicinity ofPlymouth, it is difficult toparticularize: indeed, with thefine turn-outs furnished atthe hotel, one can scarcely go I^rm^TaLLS PLYMOUTH, N H ««• ^^^ ^^?« ^^^»<^ ^H Boston, Concora, and Mo
. 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 . along a ruggeded of shattered rocks. Theroad-way crosses by a light,.liry bridge immediately belowthe falls, affording an oppor-tunity to view them withoutleaving the carriage. \Vherethere are so many pleasantilrives as in the vicinity ofPlymouth, it is difficult toparticularize: indeed, with thefine turn-outs furnished atthe hotel, one can scarcely go I^rm^TaLLS PLYMOUTH, N H ««• ^^^ ^^?« ^^^»<^ ^H Boston, Concora, and Montreal ,H0«///J//, is Very highly Spoken of: and a longer excursion by private conveyance up the valley of thePemigewasset to Franconia Notch is delightful. Mount Proxpect is much visited. A carriage-road leads to its summit,which is 2,963 feet above the sea. It commands a landscape view ofrare beauty, embracing the Franconia and White ^lountains. and thisentire lake-region, of which Winnepesmdcc is the most noted. Thereare also several elevations in the immediate neighborhood of the village,whicli pedestrians will delight to POPUI>AR KESOKTS, AND HOW TO KEACII THEM. 49 STAGE-ROUTE FROM PLYMOUTH TO THE FRANCONIAMOUNTAINS. There are those who would find their visit to the mountains unsatis-factory without a stage-ride: to such the writer can recommend theroute from l^lymouth to the Profile House. It is over a good road,and through one of the most picturesque regions of New do not generally spend their summers at the mountain-houses, butselect some desirable field for their labors. The route from Plj-mouthto the Profile House passes through Coinpton and Woodstock, A\hic]i isemphatically ajieldfor artists, where, through the months of summer andautumn they gather the choice bits which occupy their winter months, anddelight their friends at home. A more interesting drive can scarcely beconceived. The road passes near the Flume. This is a wo
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