. Down east latch strings; or Seashore, lakes and mountains by the Boston & Maine railroad. Descriptive of the tourist region of New England . lored to the summit Avitli fertilefarms, that, for drives, it is a question if North Conway would not beobliged to yield the palm We can see now the wide arrav of 148 gentle hills swelling- so variously that the verdure of the forests, or themottled bounty of the harvests, drooped from them in almost everycurve of grace. Some of these hills were partially lighted throughthin veils of cloud; some were draped with the tender gray of ashower, which now and
. Down east latch strings; or Seashore, lakes and mountains by the Boston & Maine railroad. Descriptive of the tourist region of New England . lored to the summit Avitli fertilefarms, that, for drives, it is a question if North Conway would not beobliged to yield the palm We can see now the wide arrav of 148 gentle hills swelling- so variously that the verdure of the forests, or themottled bounty of the harvests, drooped from them in almost everycurve of grace. Some of these hills were partially lighted throughthin veils of cloud; some were draped with the tender gray of ashower, which now and then would yield to flushes of moist and goldensunshine; not far off rose a taller summit in slaty shadow; and between,on the line of the river, the different greens of the intervale w^ouldgleam in the scattered streams of light that forced their way, here andthere, through the heavy and trailing curtains of the dog-day sky. Inthe morning or evening light, that horizon must enclose countlesspictures which only need selection, and not improvement, for thecanvas. Now why cant we climb one of \]\t)<r hilN? a<l<< Prue. pointing. A BYE-nOAD AT EETIIKL. to the westward. I havnt had a good long walk since we leftMount ])esert, and they must give a splendid view toward MountWashington. The best one to attempt was Mt. xVbram, and immediatol,y afterluncheon a young man brought around a carriage and drove us swiftlyaway toward its base. How smooth this road seemed after thewrenching and jolting to which we had grown accustomed in the back-woods ! And how doubly pleasant were the farms and orchards andneat houses througliout the valley! Then the way became steep androcky, as we began to ascend the mountains flank, and presently thecarriage halted in a farmers dooryard half-way to the top, and a pathwas pointed out to us by which we must walk the rest of the way, H9 across fields and pastures where cows and sheep were nibbling amongledges of naked rock. The view was well worth
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