The Granite monthly : a magazine of literature, history and state progress . telryfound small patronage and was soonabandoned. The road to the summit of Miller Park or Temple Mount.,branches from the old mountainroad that was once the main liutravel from Peterboro and Keene and other towns to Nashua and thence toBoston. One can easily drive towithin a very few roils of the smit. The rocks of this mountain areschistose, but not so ferruginous asthose of peaks farther north. Hare ledges, of course, and brokenblock* of rock with which activeclimbers have erected the stone-stacksor monuments, such
The Granite monthly : a magazine of literature, history and state progress . telryfound small patronage and was soonabandoned. The road to the summit of Miller Park or Temple Mount.,branches from the old mountainroad that was once the main liutravel from Peterboro and Keene and other towns to Nashua and thence toBoston. One can easily drive towithin a very few roils of the smit. The rocks of this mountain areschistose, but not so ferruginous asthose of peaks farther north. Hare ledges, of course, and brokenblock* of rock with which activeclimbers have erected the stone-stacksor monuments, such as one sees onnearly every high hill in this part ofthe country ; but grass flourishesclear to the top of both peaks, andcattle thrive in pastures which ex-tend nearly to the summits. r\ heridge connecting the two peaks is abeautiful wall of rock, furrowed byice and water, and beautified by thestorms and sunshine of ages. The altitude of the peaks is aboutequal, though- that of Miller Park issaid to be a little more. But the viewfrom the Greenfield end is finer, be- ar -. Ha •• •>« Hou««, M llei Par*, on 394 PACK MONADNOCK. cause it is wholly treeless, the valleyto the north is moie abrupt, and be-cause the spurs south- of the Peter*boro end constitute- practically a con-tinuation of the mountain. To peoplewho live in mountainous regu ns,and who are not especially loud ofthe peaks, the most interesting sightafforded the climber is that of a citv, ?v . - • - i *- • ; ......... In Milit- Par*, Pac* Monadnock. a village, or some other result ofmans industry and evidence of hispresence. How often are we told, inproof of the excellence of a view,that it includes so many townsNow, he who stands upon PackMonadnock in a clear day can seenumerous villages, the cities of Man-chester and Nashua, and, it is said,Lowell and a bit of Boston and of itsharbor. But he who loves the mountainsascends one in order to cultivate anacquaintance with that particularpeak, a
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