The Pine-tree coast . llage spiresare thrown up againstthem in strong relief,though both housesand steeples are di-minished to the sizeof toys by the bulgingand overhanging massof Mount Battie, 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 shores, or stretches along the breezy mountain sides, or goes backinto the pretty and secluded v
The Pine-tree coast . llage spiresare thrown up againstthem in strong relief,though both housesand steeples are di-minished to the sizeof toys by the bulgingand overhanging massof Mount Battie, 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 shores, 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. PBNi IBSCOT HAV AM) [T8 I »A8TS. 2115 sunshine look like doth of gold i coasts and ropes, like cobwebs borne along by till I IV. Some very fine vessels have been buill al Beans shipyard here; amongothers the Millie Q. Bourne, a four-masted schooner, and the largesl our of her class ever launched in Maine up to the time she was sel afloal ; hut her cjwas short, tor Bhe was lost in a hurricane at sea while on her first, voyagi Camden is one of the Later aspirants
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