. Down east latch strings; or Seashore, lakes and mountains by the Boston & Maine railroad. Descriptive of the tourist region of New England . J).^a ~f\^cr /At/. VIEWS FROM RANGELEY LAKES. the raising of the water by the dam at the foot of the lake has floodedthe eastern shore very widely; but originally the connection wasthrough a slender stream. The steamboat traces this old channel in a most devious course,past many headlands and islands of rock, where bristling fir andfeathery birch tuck their toes in common poverty between the bowl-ders; and sails Avithin stones throw of Senator Fryes cam
. Down east latch strings; or Seashore, lakes and mountains by the Boston & Maine railroad. Descriptive of the tourist region of New England . J).^a ~f\^cr /At/. VIEWS FROM RANGELEY LAKES. the raising of the water by the dam at the foot of the lake has floodedthe eastern shore very widely; but originally the connection wasthrough a slender stream. The steamboat traces this old channel in a most devious course,past many headlands and islands of rock, where bristling fir andfeathery birch tuck their toes in common poverty between the bowl-ders; and sails Avithin stones throw of Senator Fryes camp ontop of a mass of well-shaded, solid granite, over-looking the lake,mountains and the mouth of the Kennebago. Cupsuptic lake, whose small size permits the Avholeof it to be takenin from one point of view, is the prettiest of this series. It hasislands, coves, and good camping-places in the unbroken forest,W^hich sweeps from the waters edge up to the hills around its Avholecircumference. It is fed I)y the winding Cupsuptic stream, up whichthe small lake-steaincr can generally ascend as far as the falls (five 122 miles) throu2:h a mead
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