The Pine-tree coast . ajesty of the scene spread out beneath us !Fifteen hundred feet below lay island-studded bay and blue-vaulted ocean:bay and ocean all one great ruffled plain of sparkling topaz, strewn about withislands of emerald, set in necklaces of foam ; islands upon islands, from grayMonhegan to dim Mount Desert; shores dotted with villages and farms fromsmoky Eockland to drowsy Castine; ponds sparkling like gems among thecrowding woods; the land rolling back into the shaggy north, streaked withbrightness where some cleared spot let in the sunshine, or some lake gleamedout of its sha
The Pine-tree coast . ajesty of the scene spread out beneath us !Fifteen hundred feet below lay island-studded bay and blue-vaulted ocean:bay and ocean all one great ruffled plain of sparkling topaz, strewn about withislands of emerald, set in necklaces of foam ; islands upon islands, from grayMonhegan to dim Mount Desert; shores dotted with villages and farms fromsmoky Eockland to drowsy Castine; ponds sparkling like gems among thecrowding woods; the land rolling back into the shaggy north, streaked withbrightness where some cleared spot let in the sunshine, or some lake gleamedout of its shadow and gloom, but all dark and sad where the forest lifts itshuge billows against the horizon in such marked contrast with the ocean behindus. And last, but not least, beyond all, yet over all, there stood misty Katah-din and there the great White Mountains, at the east and the west, diminishedby distance to such little clumps of tents or mounds that one scarce believedMegunticook was only a large hill by PENOBSCOT BAY AND lis COASTS. 269 The western side of Megunticook is broken down many hundred feet inprecipitous cliffs, washed at their feet by Megunticook Lake, a beautiful sheelof water, from which a clear stream Blows out through the village into theharbor. From Camden, one may drive around the base of these cliffs and by the shares of this lake, so making the circuit oi Meguntii k. to the hay shore again; and the lakeItself is becoming afavorite resort for allsummer residents. Thus Camden hasits secret nooks as -wellas its fair and openexpanses of blue drives along theshores of the bay, eithersouthward as far as1; i ickland or northwari Ias far as Belfast, arescarcely equalled inthe whole range ofcoast. I saw one other feature hereat Camden as noticeable as it israre, and as agreeable as it wasunlooked for. Quite a large partof Shermans Point — the onereaching round the north side ofthe harbor — is covered with aplantation of oaks, — great st
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