. The White hills; their legends, landscape, and poetry. The peculiarity of this approach to the mountains is that thehighest ranges are seen first of all. Tlie ride from Littleton to Beth-lehem brings into full view the whole extent of the White Mountain•ange, and also the grand outlines of Mount Lafayette and its neigh- 26 THE WHITE HILLS. boring peaks. The stages reach Bethlehem at about the time in theafternoon when the Hght is most favorable, and begins to flush theMount Washington range with the richest coloring. It is a greatpity that Bethlehem is not one of the prominent stopping-place
. The White hills; their legends, landscape, and poetry. The peculiarity of this approach to the mountains is that thehighest ranges are seen first of all. Tlie ride from Littleton to Beth-lehem brings into full view the whole extent of the White Mountain•ange, and also the grand outlines of Mount Lafayette and its neigh- 26 THE WHITE HILLS. boring peaks. The stages reach Bethlehem at about the time in theafternoon when the Hght is most favorable, and begins to flush theMount Washington range with the richest coloring. It is a greatpity that Bethlehem is not one of the prominent stopping-places fortravellers who seek the mountain region. No village commands sogrand a panoramic view. The whole horizon is fretted with moun-tains. If the public houses here were more attractive or commo-dious, persons could be tempted to pass two or three days ; and theywould find themselves more and more fascinated with the views fromthe village of the solid pyramid of Lafayette, and of the steep slopes,crowned by the dome of Mount Washington, whose cascades
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