Popular resorts, and how to reach them . whole of the delicious panorama, before finishing the day. Or, taking one 26 POPUL,AK KESOBTS, AND HOW TO REACH THEM. MOUNTAINS. Mountains, lakes, rivers, and sea-shore form the principal resorts ofNew England. The three former are so interspersed and connected,that descriptions of them naturally blend one into the other. The sea-coast, fi-inged with some of the best beaches in the country, is thicklydotted with summer watering-places, High up in the unseen glens ofthe mountains the principal rivers take their rise, sometimes gliding athread of silver t
Popular resorts, and how to reach them . whole of the delicious panorama, before finishing the day. Or, taking one 26 POPUL,AK KESOBTS, AND HOW TO REACH THEM. MOUNTAINS. Mountains, lakes, rivers, and sea-shore form the principal resorts ofNew England. The three former are so interspersed and connected,that descriptions of them naturally blend one into the other. The sea-coast, fi-inged with some of the best beaches in the country, is thicklydotted with summer watering-places, High up in the unseen glens ofthe mountains the principal rivers take their rise, sometimes gliding athread of silver to the valleys below; again leaping boldly from crag tocrag, in a series of foaming cascades and waterfalls. The mountains of New England form amarked characteristic of the scenery of thatpicturesque region. Bold and rugged inoutline, grand in effect, clothed in the bluemystery of distance, and swept by an invig-orating atmosphere, they embody the char-acteristics of popularity, and form a highlyattractive point of interest for While New England is proud of the fame of her mountains, she isequally pleased with her hundreds of beautiful lakes, sparkling in the POPUI-AK RESORTS, AND HOW TO REACJI THEM. 27 sunlight of nature; but in the boldness of her mountains, and thebeauty of her lakes, lier waterfalls are eclipsed. In magnitude theywould be buried in the spray of the Yellowstone, or lost in the grandeurof Niagara; yet they give life and interest to her scenery, and addvariety to the pleasures of guests. They are subject to little constant roll of waters through countless ages has, with few ex-ceptions, produced little effect upon the texture of the primitive rocku\Km which they fall. The same jagged angles which broke their waterscenturies ago, meet them now, and dash them into fragments of is far better as it is. The pleasure of travel would lose half itsinterest if one locality combined the-excellencies of Nature. Floridawithout her lun-ivalled
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