. Down east latch strings; or Seashore, lakes and mountains by the Boston & Maine railroad. Descriptive of the tourist region of New England . re in waiting forJackson and the GlenHouse, by way ofPlnkham notch (seeChapter XV). Thebridge over the ro-mantic Ellis river,just beyond the sta-tion, gives a capitalsight of Carter notch,Av h i 1 e Kiarsargetowers finely in therear across the Bart-lett hills, Moat rangelies southward be-yond the meadows,and Iron mountainprominently Saco is next crossed, and a little later passengers on the right-handside of the cars (which is the better hence
. Down east latch strings; or Seashore, lakes and mountains by the Boston & Maine railroad. Descriptive of the tourist region of New England . re in waiting forJackson and the GlenHouse, by way ofPlnkham notch (seeChapter XV). Thebridge over the ro-mantic Ellis river,just beyond the sta-tion, gives a capitalsight of Carter notch,Av h i 1 e Kiarsargetowers finely in therear across the Bart-lett hills, Moat rangelies southward be-yond the meadows,and Iron mountainprominently Saco is next crossed, and a little later passengers on the right-handside of the cars (which is the better henceforth) catch an inspiring viewof Mt. Resolution and the Giants Stairs, up the Rocky Branch Saco is now upon the right, Avith old fashioned farm-houses andorchards in the narrow meadows enclosed by its bendings, partitionedby frowning headlands. Carrigain and many lesser peaks crowd thescene ahead, and show how close we are getting to the very heart ofthe hills. Then the train draws under the Willoughby ledges of (on the right) with Mt. Parkers cone plain at tiie head of analcove beyond, and stops at Upper PEAK OF MOAT MOUNTAIN, NORTH CONWAY. 213 Moving on we find ourselves encircled by mountains not easy tokeep track of by a novice, even though lie has a map open before most conspicuous features are the grandly piled ledges of Hartmountain, on the right, over which the Crawford peaks are heaped to-gether like Ossa upon Pelion. The deep caiion of Nancys brookwithdraws our eyes to the valley, and we see the old Mt. Crawfordtavern, just before halting at Bemis station. The venerable Dr. SamuelBemis, who owned a region measured by a great many square miles, ofwhich this was a part, and who lived near here- for half a century,nearly alone, but in a very comfortable manner, is destined to becomethe chief historical figure of the locality, for his deeds, records andnames are identitied with the district. At Upper Bartlett begins one of the stee
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