. Down east latch strings; or Seashore, lakes and mountains by the Boston & Maine railroad. Descriptive of the tourist region of New England . .»< -i^J^PI!!. OTTEK CLIFF, MT. UESEKT. 67 attractiveness. Its neighborhood abounds in opportunities for walk-ing, driving and sailing. Hero is that wonderful natural sea-wall,piled up in a long windrow by the fury of the winter gales, of whichso much has been written, — best of all, the poem by Frances L. Mace,with the firm faith of its last stanza : — But while the tide shall come and go While tempests rage and sunbeams smile, Safe guarded by its g
. Down east latch strings; or Seashore, lakes and mountains by the Boston & Maine railroad. Descriptive of the tourist region of New England . .»< -i^J^PI!!. OTTEK CLIFF, MT. UESEKT. 67 attractiveness. Its neighborhood abounds in opportunities for walk-ing, driving and sailing. Hero is that wonderful natural sea-wall,piled up in a long windrow by the fury of the winter gales, of whichso much has been written, — best of all, the poem by Frances L. Mace,with the firm faith of its last stanza : — But while the tide shall come and go While tempests rage and sunbeams smile, Safe guarded by its giant wall Shall bloom the Mountain Isle. Opportunities for sea-fishing are particularly good here, while troutare within reach at several inland ponds. A ferry makes frequent tripsto the Cranberry islands, and occasionally, on fair days, a party sailsout to the lone reef where Mount Desert light, built in 1830, rears itssolitary beacon,—most distant of the light now visible from the topof Green mountain. This light-house occupies a mere summit ofgranite, towering just out of reach of the waves, and sometimes aboat cannot land there for weeks togeth
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