. Down east latch strings; or Seashore, lakes and mountains by the Boston & Maine railroad. Descriptive of the tourist region of New England . SCREW-AUGER FALLS, GRAFTON NOTCH. Androscoggin, amazed at the cultivation, serene turn up the mainbeauty and warmth of tlie scene after the cold and almost forbiddingsternness of the scenery to which we have long been accustomed;and so roll swiftly into the elm-embowered streets of Bethel. 145 chaptp:r XV. Bethel a^d I^orham. The mountains, indeed, that they may show their dignity and communicate theirfavors, require to be approached with great painstak
. Down east latch strings; or Seashore, lakes and mountains by the Boston & Maine railroad. Descriptive of the tourist region of New England . SCREW-AUGER FALLS, GRAFTON NOTCH. Androscoggin, amazed at the cultivation, serene turn up the mainbeauty and warmth of tlie scene after the cold and almost forbiddingsternness of the scenery to which we have long been accustomed;and so roll swiftly into the elm-embowered streets of Bethel. 145 chaptp:r XV. Bethel a^d I^orham. The mountains, indeed, that they may show their dignity and communicate theirfavors, require to be approached with great painstaking and peculiar respect.— ^ERE, at the entrance to the White Mountains, letus pause for a few moments study of that region,in general, so that we may proceed more intelli-gently. One may travel, remarks the geologistHuntington, and make extensive tours withoutmap or guide-book, and, at the end pf a summervacation or a year of travel, return to his homeand be as profoundly ignorant of the country hehas traversed as a man is of astronomj^ who hasspent his whole life in a mine. Our little party were not of this heed-less class; nor do we believe it, gentle reader, of you. Hence the mostaccurate maps available have been enclosed in this little book for youruse. The White Mountains occupy the whole centre of New Hampshire,between Lake Winnipesaukee and the valley of the Amonoosuc, fromthe Connecticut on the west to the Androscoggin on the east — an areaof over 1,700 square miles. The hills of central Vermont connect themwith the Hoosac and Catskill mountains southward, while their exten-sion northward is found in
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