. Outdoors in New England . The outlying territory is of a pleasing pastoral character,a region of productive farming land, watered by the Merrimacand Contoocook rivers. Penacook Lake is also one of Con-cords prized possessions. Not far away lie Lake Sunapee andNewfound Lake, both charming and popular summering places. An important member of the Boston & Maine System,the Concord Division, runs from Concord to White RiverJunction; but the route of the Winnipesaukee wayfarer liesover the White Mountain Division, whose final junction pointis Wells River, Vt. Continuing northward over this divisio
. Outdoors in New England . The outlying territory is of a pleasing pastoral character,a region of productive farming land, watered by the Merrimacand Contoocook rivers. Penacook Lake is also one of Con-cords prized possessions. Not far away lie Lake Sunapee andNewfound Lake, both charming and popular summering places. An important member of the Boston & Maine System,the Concord Division, runs from Concord to White RiverJunction; but the route of the Winnipesaukee wayfarer liesover the White Mountain Division, whose final junction pointis Wells River, Vt. Continuing northward over this division, Canterbury, thehome of a celebrated Shaker community, a few miles fromConcord, is passed. Next comes Tilton, a neat and thriving. community, noted for its fine residences and well-kept thor-oughfares. In many respects, it is a thoroughly unique NewEngland center and has many pleasant surprises for the visitor,notably in respect to its architecture and public , it has an exceedingly interesting history of the ab-original era, the place at one time having been one of the moststrongly fortified headquarters of the Indians. It is at Tilton that the tourist bids farewell to the Merri-mac River proper and begins to fraternize with one of its twinsources, the Winnipesaukee River, the other source being thepicturesque Pemigewasset. The remaining stage of the journey to Weirs revealsscenic charms of bewildering diversity, for the landscape is acomposite picture of rivers, lakes, farm lands, towns and dis-tant mountains. Little Bay, Lake Winnisquam and GreatBay consecutively pass in review, each with its individualclaim upon the attention of the nature-lover. These pretty water-sheets, fit overture to t
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