Popular resorts, and how to reach them . opular resorts. From Washingtonthey sail down the Potomac to jNIount Vernon; from Baltimore to thebeautiful water retreats in the vicinity; from New York up the Northand East Rivers, to Stalen Island, and Harlem; from Boston to Nan-tasket Beach, Long Island, Gloucester, and Nahant. Indeed, every largetown with a harbor front has its pleasant resorts ; and the stranger hasonly to look in the daily papers for particidars. Again : if the tourist would consult comfort and economy, if he wouldtake sleep and rest while passing familiar or uninteresting sectio
Popular resorts, and how to reach them . opular resorts. From Washingtonthey sail down the Potomac to jNIount Vernon; from Baltimore to thebeautiful water retreats in the vicinity; from New York up the Northand East Rivers, to Stalen Island, and Harlem; from Boston to Nan-tasket Beach, Long Island, Gloucester, and Nahant. Indeed, every largetown with a harbor front has its pleasant resorts ; and the stranger hasonly to look in the daily papers for particidars. Again : if the tourist would consult comfort and economy, if he wouldtake sleep and rest while passing familiar or uninteresting sections ofthe country, he can frequently give diversity to his travels by an occa-sional trip on a coastwise steamer. In going east from Boston, the dailysteamboat line to Portland, the Star of the East up the Kennebeck, Sanfords Independent Line up the Penobscot, the Inside Linefrom Portland to Momit Desert and Bangor, and the Halifax boats, areall first-class, and deserving the notice of tourists. The New York boatsare described POFULAIi KKSOHTS, AND HOW TO KKACH 23 HINTS TO TOURISTS. It is a mattei- of no little anxiety to the devotee of summer pleasures,or the seeker after new wonders, tf> choose the field for his examinationwliich shall yield the richast harvest of pleasure. In days gone by, itwas largely the custom, as a matter of course, to visit those popularlocalities of most convenient access; and so it happened that each suc-ceeding year found the same familiar faces returned to the haunts of pastenjoyments. But, with the remarkable improvement in railroad andsteamboat travel, new resorts have been opened, and fresh wonders pre-sent their claims for examination. This has induced a new feature insummer travel. Experienced tourists no longer choose the shortest lineto an objective point, regardless of the, scenery through which it lies; but,by judicious selection, with slight detour, they can embody such routesas lie through new or pleasant places, whi
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