. The Catskill Mountains; . THE MOUNTAINS. 93 KAATERSKILL JUNCTION is at length is in tile woods, with the open valley of the Schoharieon the left, and this is the point where passengers changefor the Hunter branch. Continuing this gradual descent on asharp curve to the left for about two miles along that stream,the famous old villaue of. HUNTER is reached. This is one of the most popularsummer regions in the Catskills. it is a quaint littlemountain village, the town being formerly known asGreenland. The general elevation is about feet, andthere is a wealth of pict


. The Catskill Mountains; . THE MOUNTAINS. 93 KAATERSKILL JUNCTION is at length is in tile woods, with the open valley of the Schoharieon the left, and this is the point where passengers changefor the Hunter branch. Continuing this gradual descent on asharp curve to the left for about two miles along that stream,the famous old villaue of. HUNTER is reached. This is one of the most popularsummer regions in the Catskills. it is a quaint littlemountain village, the town being formerly known asGreenland. The general elevation is about feet, andthere is a wealth of picturesque attractions. Bits of ancientarchitecture are vet to be seen in the mile or more of street thatstretches along the northerly side of the Schoharie creek ; noris the modern trend of the present century so much in evidencehere as in some other mountain villages. But there are severallarge and attractive hotels, two or three churches, manv storesand shops. Colonels Chair peak, feet high, a spur ofHunter Mountain, forms the southern sky-line immediatelyacross the Schoharie, to which the ascent is easy and most in-teresting, as it is also to the parent crag, in addition to all this,


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