The Pine-tree coast . lage spiresare thrown up againstthem in strong relief,though both housesand steeples are di-minished to the sizeof toys by the bulgingand overhanging massof Mount Battle, whichlifts its bare, bluishgray crags hundredsof feet above themall. It is North Conway among the hills again; it is Camden by the sea. The village clusters mostly about the head of the harbor, where the businesscentre is located, ships are built, and lime burned; but it also follows the courseof the curving shori;s, or stretches along the breezy mountain sides, or goes backinto the pretty and secluded v
The Pine-tree coast . lage spiresare thrown up againstthem in strong relief,though both housesand steeples are di-minished to the sizeof toys by the bulgingand overhanging massof Mount Battle, whichlifts its bare, bluishgray crags hundredsof feet above themall. It is North Conway among the hills again; it is Camden by the sea. The village clusters mostly about the head of the harbor, where the businesscentre is located, ships are built, and lime burned; but it also follows the courseof the curving shori;s, or stretches along the breezy mountain sides, or goes backinto the pretty and secluded valleys behind them, where there are so manypicturesque spots. Its old life drew it toward the country; its new draws itback toward the sea. A Camden shopkeeper sits in his door, and looks outupon the vessels constantly passing and repassing the harbor, quite as a cityman would at the splendid turnouts of his avenue at home, only this highwayis broader, perfectly noiseless, and never gets out of repair. Sails bathed in. ROCKPORT BASIN, LOOKING TOWARD OWLs HEAD. PENOBSCOT BAY AND ITS COASTS. 265 sunshine look like cloth of t,okl; masts and ropes, like cobwebs borne along bythe breeze. Some very fine vessels have been built at Beaus shipyard here; amongothers the Milhp G. Bovme, a four-masted schooner, and the largest one of her class ever launched in Maine up to ther^ time she was set afloat; but her career• was short, for she was lost in a hurricaneat sea while on her first voyage. Camden is one of the later aspirants
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