. Along the shore and in the foothills . THE SURF AT BEACH HAVEN. fishing grounds, as well as a labyrinth of smaller water-ways, teeming with shellfish of every description, makeSea Isle City an ideal resort for fishing parties. Naturally,there is splendid yachting both in the open ocean and mmany inlets and estuaries, which afford quiet sailing andsafe anchorage. Age often adds enchantment to a world-favored recrea-tion centre. Cape May, situated at the very jumping oftl)oint of Southern Jersey, fianked by the Atlantic on oneside and Delaware Bay, is one of the oldest seaside resortsin Americ
. Along the shore and in the foothills . THE SURF AT BEACH HAVEN. fishing grounds, as well as a labyrinth of smaller water-ways, teeming with shellfish of every description, makeSea Isle City an ideal resort for fishing parties. Naturally,there is splendid yachting both in the open ocean and mmany inlets and estuaries, which afford quiet sailing andsafe anchorage. Age often adds enchantment to a world-favored recrea-tion centre. Cape May, situated at the very jumping oftl)oint of Southern Jersey, fianked by the Atlantic on oneside and Delaware Bay, is one of the oldest seaside resortsin America; in ante-bellum days, before Newport wasknown beyond the borders of Rhode Island, it was a regu-lar sojourning place for Southern planters en route for andreturning from historic Saratoga. Its old time honorsand well earned glories have not been robbed a whit byreason of the multiplicity of seaside resorts. 23. Welcome, yc shades! ye bowery thickets hail!Ye lofty Pines, ye venerable Oaks!Ye Ashes wild, resounding oer the steep!Delicious in your shelter to the soul.— In the Jersey Foothills AND now for a study in contrasts—from the coastline of the majestic Atlantic, we flit inland to browseamong- Jerseys gloriously inspiring, rest-giving,peace-bestowing vacation land among the foothills. Atypical vacation region, indeed, Northern New Jersey of-fers the devotee of country life some of Americas fairestlandscapes, stretching uninterruptedly from Somerville toPhillipsburg, and traversed by the main line of the CentralRailroad of New Jersey. The small towns and villageswith which this section is dotted, breathe an atmosphereof perpetual content, affording a capital antidote for alltired, trouble-burdened city dwellers. In a word, tis a wondrous foothills country, lackingnothing in summer-time entertainment. From an agri-cultural standpoint, its fertility and productiveness havemade
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