. Here and there in New England and Canada . the western end ofthe Mount-Holyoke range, abounding in interesting scenery of lakes andhills, and latterly much visited in summer, especially by New-Yorkers. Inthis remote mountain-glen Dr. J. G. Holland was born, and Henry W^ardBeecher preached his first sermon. Beyond Belchertown, the line descends toward the Connecticut Valley, 95 with views of the Holyoke peaks, winding and unwinding in charming com-binations, and seen across lily-strewn ponds and rugged farm-lands. Pres-ently the college-town of Amherst is reached, with its handsome and high-p
. Here and there in New England and Canada . the western end ofthe Mount-Holyoke range, abounding in interesting scenery of lakes andhills, and latterly much visited in summer, especially by New-Yorkers. Inthis remote mountain-glen Dr. J. G. Holland was born, and Henry W^ardBeecher preached his first sermon. Beyond Belchertown, the line descends toward the Connecticut Valley, 95 with views of the Holyoke peaks, winding and unwinding in charming com-binations, and seen across lily-strewn ponds and rugged farm-lands. Pres-ently the college-town of Amherst is reached, with its handsome and high-placed educational buildings and summer pleasures, and the famous AmherstCollege and the Massachusetts Agricultural College. From this favorablecentre, we may visit Mount Toby or Norwottuck; or explore the garden-likevalley. A long grade carries the train down to Hadley, one of the loveliest vil-lages in America, whose great street, a mile long and sixteen rods wide,with quadruple lines of ancient elms, has been justly called the handsomest. MOUNT HOLYOKE, FROM HOCKANUM FERRY. street by nature in all Xew England. All this region is filled with memoriesof the old Indian wars, but the savages always suffered defeat before thewails of Hadley, and retired in dismay to the wilderness. This is the townwhere Gen. Goffe, the regicide judge, headed the people in a heroic repulseof the red invaders. And here, a century and a half later, of the samegallant race. Fighting Joe Hooker was born. Across the lovely intervales of the Connecticut goes our railway, andthen over the river on a long bridge, with exquisite views on either so we reach Northampton, the pleasant little city on the Connecticut,with its prosperous manufactories and proud local spirit. This is the seat of 96 Smith College, a richly endowed and ijiospeioiis institution for the highereducation of women. One of the great lunatic asylums of the State standsnear the city; and on Round Hill, once famous for its classical
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