. Here and there in New England and Canada . -egate, the next town on our northward route, was settled 125 yearsago, by immigrants from Lanarkshire. The main body of these Scottishpilgrims was halted by Gen. Gage, in Boston, and compelled to return totheir own land, but after the Revolution many of them crossed the seaagain, and settled among these lonely glens. Beyond the lumber-mills at Mclndoes Falls w^e reach Barnet, in anothertown populated by Scots. And so, whirling around Stevens Hill, the routeleaves the Connecticut, and begins to climb the long valley to the northward,crossing and rec
. Here and there in New England and Canada . -egate, the next town on our northward route, was settled 125 yearsago, by immigrants from Lanarkshire. The main body of these Scottishpilgrims was halted by Gen. Gage, in Boston, and compelled to return totheir own land, but after the Revolution many of them crossed the seaagain, and settled among these lonely glens. Beyond the lumber-mills at Mclndoes Falls w^e reach Barnet, in anothertown populated by Scots. And so, whirling around Stevens Hill, the routeleaves the Connecticut, and begins to climb the long valley to the northward,crossing and recrossing the Passumpsic River, with the high Waterford. hills on the east. The next considerable village is St. Johnsbury, the shire-town of Caledonia County, the seat of the great factories where the Fair-banks scales are made, and with a famous art-gallery, a large academy, andother cultivating influences. Here we cross the great railway route from theWhite Mountains to Lake Champlain, mentioned in the next chapter. Running northward up the valley, through St. Johnsbury Centre and theLyndons, we get occasional views of Burke Mountain, on the right, andthe Green Mountains, on the other side. At West Burke, stages are inwaiting for Willoughby Lake, six miles distant, amid noble and interestingmountain-scenerv. The route leads through a wilder region, and Jay Peaklooms proudly in the distance. Beyond the league-long Crystal Lake,overlooked by the forest, are the stations of South Barton and BartonLanding. We are now in the Valley; and the line runs downthe course of Barton River, past quiet little Coventrj, and along the greats
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