. Here and there in New England and Canada . and Lafayette and the Saco Valley. The gray old mill at this lower end of the village is a favorite sketching-ground for artists, witn its coolness and stillness, the rich leafage of theshore, the pebbles of the beach, the reflections from the limpid water. On the southern road, just beyond Champneys, stands the ancientMcMillan House, with its ideally beautiful lawn and ancient trees, and theintervale close at hand on the west, stretching across to Moat Mountain, andbrightened by the silvery curves of the Saco. Nearly opposite rises theledgy brow of
. Here and there in New England and Canada . and Lafayette and the Saco Valley. The gray old mill at this lower end of the village is a favorite sketching-ground for artists, witn its coolness and stillness, the rich leafage of theshore, the pebbles of the beach, the reflections from the limpid water. On the southern road, just beyond Champneys, stands the ancientMcMillan House, with its ideally beautiful lawn and ancient trees, and theintervale close at hand on the west, stretching across to Moat Mountain, andbrightened by the silvery curves of the Saco. Nearly opposite rises theledgy brow of Sunset Hill, whose glorious view over the valley and moun- 23 tains has been portrayed by Kensett and Champney and many anotherfamous artist. On the lonely hill south of the village long stood the abandoned andforlorn old church in which the pioneers worshipped, with its projectingporch, arched ceiling, high-perched pulpit, and double roofs, one of solid oakand one of white pine. After standing here nearly a century, latterly aban- r. -ll. CATHEDRAL LEDGE AND ECHO LAKE, NORTH CONWAV. doned to the birds and wild creatures, it was torn down two or three yearsago, and became a skating-rink in the village. The cosey little Moat-Mountain House stands on the rich and peacefulplain half a league south of North Conway, and has been for many years aresort for the literary and artistic people of Portland,—El well, Baxter, HarryBrown, and others. 24 A novel and interesting excursion may be enjoyed by descending theSaco in a birch-bark canoe, from the bridge to Shatigee or Fryeburg. Inreaching the first-named place, a distance of but f ve miles by road, thecourse of the winding and arrowy river must be followed for a dozen miles,with continually changing views of the great mountains, and a shifting pano-rama of thicketted banks, giant white maples draped with Virginia creeper,clematis and golden-rod, wild grapes and red-fruited thorn-trees. Now thepellucid waters rush musically over sto
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