The Wheel and cycling trade review . e-crested ridge beneath whichcrops out a moss-flecked ledge of white doo-lite or coarse native marble, giving the ridgethe name of The Ledges. A sharp turnagain to the left by the neat farmhousedirectly under the ledge and up through acharming woodland grove, with a magnificentview as we reach the top of the far-distantAdirondack peaks on the one side, and thelofty, nearby domes of the Green Mountainson the other. The road swings to the right,and we see the spires of Middlebury. We keepstraight on#at the crossroad downgrade intothe town, passing on the righ
The Wheel and cycling trade review . e-crested ridge beneath whichcrops out a moss-flecked ledge of white doo-lite or coarse native marble, giving the ridgethe name of The Ledges. A sharp turnagain to the left by the neat farmhousedirectly under the ledge and up through acharming woodland grove, with a magnificentview as we reach the top of the far-distantAdirondack peaks on the one side, and thelofty, nearby domes of the Green Mountainson the other. The road swings to the right,and we see the spires of Middlebury. We keepstraight on#at the crossroad downgrade intothe town, passing on the right the white marble college buildings, then the square;down across the bridge and bear right up thehill by the town hall to the Addison House(L. A. W. $). (16y2miles—132% miles.) The town is very pretty, the roads smooth,well kept and lined with neat three miles below the town are BeldenFalls, hardly worth a visit unless a stay ismade. Otter Creek as we cross the bridgepresents a very charming appearance, while. A Rutland Marble Quarry. it rolls northward over the dam with a rumbleand a roar. After a rest we go southward on Pleasantstreet, well named, with its bower of trees,toward our destination, charming LakeDunmore, nestling in the mountains at thefoot of old Moosalamo. A block to the left,then to the right over a loamy pike, whichdeteriorates as we progress, and calls forthprotestations from the Novice and the FatMan. Now and again a bit of smooth sidepath relieves the strain, and never is it un-ridable. We turn to the left at the forks(noting the signboards), and follcw the tele-graph lines. A long grade up and down, bearto the right at the bottom of the hill, andthen to the left as we reach the iron bridge, arise and a down run, and at the foot we bearto the left, where the sign points to the road is upgrade, over the mountain, poorand unridable for some distance, then im-proves, and we roll down under a bower oftrees through which peeps th
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