Appletons' illustrated hand-book of American travelA full and reliable guide ..to ..the United States and the British provincesWith careful maps of all parts of the country, and pictures of famous places and scenes, from original drawings by the author and other artists . d more than by water,as among the Saranacs ; for, althoughthe lakes are numerous enough, it isamong and upon the hills that the chiefattractions are to be found. The ac-commodations are rude enough—theonly inn being the boariling-house atthe village of the Adirondack IronWorks. Stopping at this point, as head-quarters, he may
Appletons' illustrated hand-book of American travelA full and reliable guide ..to ..the United States and the British provincesWith careful maps of all parts of the country, and pictures of famous places and scenes, from original drawings by the author and other artists . d more than by water,as among the Saranacs ; for, althoughthe lakes are numerous enough, it isamong and upon the hills that the chiefattractions are to be found. The ac-commodations are rude enough—theonly inn being the boariling-house atthe village of the Adirondack IronWorks. Stopping at this point, as head-quarters, he may make a pleasant jour-ney down Lake Sanford near by, on oneside, and upon Lake Henderson on theother hand. In one water he ought totroll for pickerel, and in the other, casthis fly for trout; and upon both, enjoythe noble glimpses of the famousmountain peaks of the Adirondackgroup, the cliffs of the Great IndianPass, of Mounts Colden, MIntyre, EchoMountain, and other bold scones,. Itwill be a days jaunt for him afterwardsto explore the wild gorge of the IndianPass, five miles distant; another dayswork to visit the dark and weird watersof Avalanche Lake ; and yet another toreach the Preston Ponds, five miles in a 170 NEW YORK. Tho Adirondaoks—Lake Pleasant ^~A:. Lake Henderson, in the Adirondacks, N. T. different direction. He will find, in-deed, occupation enough for many days,in exploring these and many otherpoints, which we may not tarry tocatalogue; and, in any case, he musthave 48 hours to do the tramp, par ex-cellence, of the Adirondack—the visit tothe summit of the brave Tehawus, orMount Marcy, the monarch of the re-gion. Tehawus is 12 miles away, andthe ascent is extremely toilsome. The Adirondacks (named after theIndian nation which once inhabitedthese fastnesses) lie chiefly in the countyof Essex, though they extend into allthe jurisdictions around. Mount Marcy,or Tehawus, the Cloud Splitter, is5,46*7 feet high. Mount MIntyre hasan elevation almost- as great. The
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