. American scenery. owned in the wailing ofthe winds. I came to the rescue with an unearthly yell,which startled the woods, themselves, no less than it electrifiedmy friend. Thats the thing, he cried, delighted at theeffect; do that again, I cant: it will fetch him to a fraction;and fetch him, it very happily did. He turned out to be aninhabitant of the settlement, come forth for a days soon explained our dilemma, and secured his services toconduct VIS to our destination. You never could have got round on that side in theworld, said he, as we told him of our efibrts to regain thepa
. American scenery. owned in the wailing ofthe winds. I came to the rescue with an unearthly yell,which startled the woods, themselves, no less than it electrifiedmy friend. Thats the thing, he cried, delighted at theeffect; do that again, I cant: it will fetch him to a fraction;and fetch him, it very happily did. He turned out to be aninhabitant of the settlement, come forth for a days soon explained our dilemma, and secured his services toconduct VIS to our destination. You never could have got round on that side in theworld, said he, as we told him of our efibrts to regain thepath, on the opposite side of the ponds. Just a little waysbeyond, you would have come to some rocks a hundred feetright upendicular, which you wouldnt have circumvented ina month. Taking passage in the ricketty canoe, we passed the lakes,and arrived, with the darkness, at the little settlement at theTron Works, where we speedily hung ourselves to dry by thegrateful fires of the rambling inn—a wretched place enough,. THE ADIRONDACKS. 245 but to us a palace at that moment. In the satisfaction of ourhearts, we liberally rewarded our Charon, mentally repeatingthe verses. Take oh boatman, thrice thy fee, Take, I give it willingly; For, invisibly to thee, Spirits, twain, have crossed with me. Spirits of renewed life and hope, which grew and brightenedwith the pleasures of our subsequent rambles in the vicinage;for the Iron Works is the centre of that wide area of the pic-turesque, famous under the name of the Adirondacks. In closeproximity on each side of this little social oasis in the wilder-ness, are the beautiful lakes Henderson and Sandford. Theshores of these waters are everywhere bold and picturesquein outline, commanding admirable views of all the principalmountains, and affording many varied glimpses of the greatwalls of the Indian Pass, The soaring crown of Tahanous,or Mount Marcy as it is sometimes vulgarly called, we reachedfrom this centre. Near by, also, is Chenys Lake
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