. Down east latch strings; or Seashore, lakes and mountains by the Boston & Maine railroad. Descriptive of the tourist region of New England . iords like those which penetrate thecoast to the westward, were they not above the reach of the largest of these valleys, however, does admit the water in a long,river-like channel quite to the heart of the land, giving the island theshape of a pair of Avell-stufied saddle-bags, hanging over the head ofSomes sound. Several of the valleys contain ponds, all of which areelongated in narrow basins parallel with the ridges and the sound. Thesouthw
. Down east latch strings; or Seashore, lakes and mountains by the Boston & Maine railroad. Descriptive of the tourist region of New England . iords like those which penetrate thecoast to the westward, were they not above the reach of the largest of these valleys, however, does admit the water in a long,river-like channel quite to the heart of the land, giving the island theshape of a pair of Avell-stufied saddle-bags, hanging over the head ofSomes sound. Several of the valleys contain ponds, all of which areelongated in narrow basins parallel with the ridges and the sound. Thesouthwestern extremity of the island is a comparatively level plateau,penetrated by the Bass Harbor inlets; but the northern half contains arugged, irregular region of foothills, smoothed down into a prettywide area of arable land along the northern shore, where the narrows,which separate the island from the mainland, are crossed by a bridge. 54 At Bar Harbor, again, enough reasonably level land exists for a largevillage, or even the city of the future. The southern and easternshores, however, possess only a narrow rim, and sometimes no space. at all between the abrupt walls of the mountain and the ocean, everraging at their foundations. With the Guide, written bj- the skilful pen of Mrs. Clara BarnesMartin, open before us, as we steer out of Southwest Harbor, we scanthe passing shores. The western hills recede, we both hear and see,as Prue reads, and the remarkable inlet of Somes sound Flying mountain juts out across its mouth, but for a shortdistance there is a view of the steep eastern face of Dog mountain,and further inland the narrows between Robinsons mountain andBrown. Moving farther eastward the other Twin comes out from be-hind Sargent. Dry mountain separates itself from Green, and New-ports narrow ridge resolves itself into the rounded spurs of itssouthern face, and so one can count from first to last the eight ornine notches in the Isle of Mt. Desert which Champl
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