. Forest life and forest trees [microform] : comprising winter camp-life among the loggers, and wild-wood adventure : with descriptions of lumbering operations on the various rivers of Maine and New Brunswick. Forests and forestry; Forests and forestry; Forest reserves; Forest reserves; Forêts et sylviculture; Forêts et sylviculture; Réserves forestières; Réserves forestières. 188 RIVHR LlIF,. .'â -⢠Wm. driver to work upon ; its swelling hills, and, in some instances, towering mountains, from whose tops may be counted an almost endless number of lakes, and the vast groves of towering p
. Forest life and forest trees [microform] : comprising winter camp-life among the loggers, and wild-wood adventure : with descriptions of lumbering operations on the various rivers of Maine and New Brunswick. Forests and forestry; Forests and forestry; Forest reserves; Forest reserves; Forêts et sylviculture; Forêts et sylviculture; Réserves forestières; Réserves forestières. 188 RIVHR LlIF,. .'â -⢠Wm. driver to work upon ; its swelling hills, and, in some instances, towering mountains, from whose tops may be counted an almost endless number of lakes, and the vast groves of towering pines here and there scattered over millions of acres of forest land, make it altogether one of the wildest and most romantic portions of country. One of the most attractive features in the interior is Mount "Ktaadn," which, from its isolated position, height, and sublime grandeur as the " birth-place of storms," surrounded with a beau- tiful, rich, and luxuriant forest, with streams and lakes, is worthy of special attention. The following sketch of a visit to this mountain by a party of gentlemen may be esteemed worthy of a perusal: Our travelers, after having made the ascent of the river to the proper point, and made the necessary arrangements for their journey up the mountain, " entered the slide at eight o'clock" , in the early part of September, and found its ascent quite steep, " though not difficult or dangerous at all, when one takes ; " On almost all sides of the mountain there is a short, tangled jTowth of alders and white birch coming up between the rocks. These, being kept down by the winds, grow into an almost im- passable bramble. At a distance it has a beautiful, smooth ap- pearance, like a green, grassy hill, or what one of the company called a * piece of oats.' The slide serves as a path up through all this tangle, reaching to the top of the southeastern ridge of the mountain, which is above al
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