. Outdoors in New England . s, and at regal Sebago and Belgrade, the tourist willfind himself upon the edge of things. Joy-seeking through a world of care and pain, he mayplunge from Moosehead into a wilderness region almost as im-penetrable as the African jungles and be rewarded by a com-panionship with Nature that will be a soothing memory formany a day. In this vast empire whose legions are the spicy firs andpines and spruces, one will in these days find camps in whichmany of the comforts of civilization abide; even hotels, withmost of the appurtenances of the modern summer hostelry, hewill
. Outdoors in New England . s, and at regal Sebago and Belgrade, the tourist willfind himself upon the edge of things. Joy-seeking through a world of care and pain, he mayplunge from Moosehead into a wilderness region almost as im-penetrable as the African jungles and be rewarded by a com-panionship with Nature that will be a soothing memory formany a day. In this vast empire whose legions are the spicy firs andpines and spruces, one will in these days find camps in whichmany of the comforts of civilization abide; even hotels, withmost of the appurtenances of the modern summer hostelry, hewill discover ere he gets away from the edge of things. Of all the joys of forest life, perhaps there is none sodelightful and altogether satisfying as the canoe cruise throughlake and river. Such journeys can be extended, with short car-ries, over several hundred miles and all sorts of interestingcombinations can be made, for the Maine woods are betterknown to-day than they were at the time of Thoreaus visithalf a century How could Ihey help looking pleasant? To float through miles of silent forest by day and enjoyby night, under a canvas tent, the sweet slumbers that comeonly to those whose lungs have been filled with New Englandair—that is something to talk about and dream about for manya long day after. So, then, the man or woman who seeks to learn just whatis meant by this much-discussed Outdoors in New Englandcan never come to a full knowledge of it until he or she hastasted of this incomparable wilderness existence. The thing is no sooner said than done, for the touristwho stows himself away in his sleeping-car berth at Boston inthe evening can wake up at breakfast time next morning andfind himself transported, as upon the magic carpet, to theshores of Rangeley or Moosehead lakes. Nor are the joys and benefits of outdoor life in Maineconfined to its wilderness region. For instance, there is Poland Spring, but a few milesbeyond Portland, where one may enjoy the revivi
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