. Down east latch strings; or Seashore, lakes and mountains by the Boston & Maine railroad. Descriptive of the tourist region of New England . peaks of Mount Desert camegradually into view, at first misty and blue, then green and wooded,until as we advanced, still loftier summits showed themselves in grimand stony desolation. Another and shorter route between Rockland and Mount Desertmay be taken by steamers following a more outside course than wepursued, stopping at landings in North Haven, Vinal Haven, to DeerIsle (Greens Landing) where boats can always be engaged to go toIsle au Haut. Isle
. Down east latch strings; or Seashore, lakes and mountains by the Boston & Maine railroad. Descriptive of the tourist region of New England . peaks of Mount Desert camegradually into view, at first misty and blue, then green and wooded,until as we advanced, still loftier summits showed themselves in grimand stony desolation. Another and shorter route between Rockland and Mount Desertmay be taken by steamers following a more outside course than wepursued, stopping at landings in North Haven, Vinal Haven, to DeerIsle (Greens Landing) where boats can always be engaged to go toIsle au Haut. Isle au Haut can also be reached by a regular steamerfrom Bar Harbor. The Blue Hill Steamboat Company also sends boats to and froamong the islands by several devious routes between Rockland, BlueHill and the many villages. There is no lack of means, therefore, forgetting promptly to almost any one of the islands or mainland landingsall over this amphibious region. 53 CHAPTER VII. ff)OU^T iESERT. Planting strange fruits and sunshines on the shore I make some coast alluring, some lone isle, To distant men, who must go there, or die.— p!OW there began to rise well into view a head, acluster of mountains, which more and more fixedour attention as we drew near. An hour later we were close under their grayturrets, and saluting with three blasts of thewhistle the light-house clinging high up the pinkprecipices of Bass Harbor head, the southern-most point of Mount Desert island. Hearingthis friendly blast, a Uoman runs out of thehouse and rings the fog-bell with one hand w^hile she waves us a greet-ing Avith the other, and then hurries back into her kitchen, as thoughbegrudging time spent in such formalities. Our course lies south, on the outside of Mount Desert, and we soonturn between the well-populated Cranberry islands, and steer aroundinto Southwest Harbor, formerly the principal settlement on this island,but now eclipsed by Bar Harbor. Here we were at the entrance ofSomes s
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