. The White hills; their legends, landscape, and poetry. o the height from which scenery looks mostcharming. And there is no point except this, along the regular \mountain route, beneath which a large lake is spread. But hereWinnipiseogee stretches from its very foot, and its whole length is ?seen as far as the softly swelling hills tliat bound it on the is only one point from which the view of it is more attractive,?—that is from the highest of the Belknap mountains, wliicli stand,not at one end of the lake like Red Hill, but midway of its Belknap is visited from
. The White hills; their legends, landscape, and poetry. o the height from which scenery looks mostcharming. And there is no point except this, along the regular \mountain route, beneath which a large lake is spread. But hereWinnipiseogee stretches from its very foot, and its whole length is ?seen as far as the softly swelling hills tliat bound it on the is only one point from which the view of it is more attractive,?—that is from the highest of the Belknap mountains, wliicli stand,not at one end of the lake like Red Hill, but midway of its Belknap is visited from Laconia, and very few have seen fromits summit the lovely mirror in which its own feminine form, and itssmaller sister hill, are repeated. But whoever misses the view from 64 THE WHITE HILLS. Red Hill, loses the most fascinating and thoroughly enjoyable view,from a moderate mountain height, that can be gained from any emi-nence that lies near the tourists path. The Mount Washingtonrange is not visible, being barred from sight by the dark Sandwich. chain, which in the afternoon, untouched by the light, wears a savagefrown that contrasts most effectively Avith the placid beauty of theLake below. Here is the place to study its borders, to admire the fleetof islands that ride at anchor on its bosom—from little shallops togrand three-deckers—and to enjoy the exquisite lines by which itsbays are enfolded, in which its coves retreat, and with which its lowcapes cut the azure water, and hang over it an emerald fringe. And LAKE WINNIPISEOGEE. (55 if one can stay there late in the afternoon, as we have stayed, and seethe shadows thrown out from the island and trees, and the hues thatflush the Lakes surface as the sun declines, he will be prepared toenjoy more thoroughly the description of such an hour and such aview., with which Percival has enriched American literature. Thou wert calm,Even as an infant calm, that gentle evening;And one could hardly dream thoudst ever metAnd wrestl
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