. Lake George and Lake Champlain : a book of to-day . —spring-born in the encircling hills for it is itselfbut a great overflowing spring resting in the hollowof the verdure-covered rocks. Islands rear them-selves in solitary grandeur, or are gathered in daintyclusters on its face. Of old it was said there was anisland for every day in the year and an additionalmysterious, illusive, little sprite of a one that appearedonly in the years divisible by four, but the unimagin-ative survey of 1880 proved that there were but 220including every considerable rock around which thewater breaks. Its surfa
. Lake George and Lake Champlain : a book of to-day . —spring-born in the encircling hills for it is itselfbut a great overflowing spring resting in the hollowof the verdure-covered rocks. Islands rear them-selves in solitary grandeur, or are gathered in daintyclusters on its face. Of old it was said there was anisland for every day in the year and an additionalmysterious, illusive, little sprite of a one that appearedonly in the years divisible by four, but the unimagin-ative survey of 1880 proved that there were but 220including every considerable rock around which thewater breaks. Its surface is 346 feet above tide and247 feet above Lake Champlain into which, at thenorth, with many a wild leap and rapid race, it empties. During July and August, Lake George teems withnomadic life in all its caried forms. White tents gleamamong the dark-green foliage; vagrant comnumi-ties appear and disappear as if by magic; lonely isl-ands are suddenly astir with busy throngs; its some-times solitudes resound with joyous shoutings, as 0I LAKE boys let loose from school; its tree tops blush with bunting, the very shores put on a flannelly hue, while its rocks are flecked with blue and gray, and shadowy points are all abloom with its duck and dimity. Happy are they who are permitted to taste the pleasures, and overcome the difficulties, of actual camp life at Lake George. The Camp. To thenovice in camping-out afew hints may not be in-appropriate. The housethat covers maybe a shan-ty of boughs in absence ofanything better. It camp life. sounds well later when you talk about roughing it,but is unsatisfactory in practice. A tent may be madecomfortable with the outlay of a little time and are clubs that own fishing boxes or cottages,more or less elaborate in construction, some of roughboards simply with bunks for sleeping in, and withchairs, tables, stoves, etc., others with a considerabledegree of elegance. Some of these can be rented forthe week or season, the pr
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