The Pine-tree coast . he Sound soon wanders off among themountains. All the summits are now .in plain rising at the eastare superbly massed inone great group, and lookhighest; those lifted inthe wot stand wellapart, so as to be easilydistinguished, and intheir gray coats androunded backs look likea herd of elephantsmarching majesticallyacross the island. The village at South-west Harbor being theoldest on the island, most of thetraditions naturally (duster about itsneighborhood. For example, the sup-posed site of Madame de Guerchevilles ill-starred colony is only two milesabove,
The Pine-tree coast . he Sound soon wanders off among themountains. All the summits are now .in plain rising at the eastare superbly massed inone great group, and lookhighest; those lifted inthe wot stand wellapart, so as to be easilydistinguished, and intheir gray coats androunded backs look likea herd of elephantsmarching majesticallyacross the island. The village at South-west Harbor being theoldest on the island, most of thetraditions naturally (duster about itsneighborhood. For example, the sup-posed site of Madame de Guerchevilles ill-starred colony is only two milesabove, on the west shore ,>t the Sound, at Fernalds Point. At l<that spot seems to best answer to the description given by Father Biard,who was one of the company. Seven miles np. at the head of theSound, the little village of Somesville is a sort of centre upon which allthe roads of the island converge; and as one of them crosses to the bridge,joining .Mount Desert with terra Jirma, the importance of Southwest SOMES SOIXP 298 THE PINE-TREE COAST. before steam took the place of wind, may be seen at a glance. In point offact, this was the great thoroughfare of the island before the day of summertravel came. The sea was always, however, the road that the islanders were most accus-tomed to travel, and the one they liked best. Southwest Harbor experienced a loss of prestige as soon as Bar Harbor wasdiscovered. It maintains, nevertheless, a sort of dignified rivalry which not afew travellers prefer to the ostentatious newness of Mount Deserts acknowl-edged summer capital. For one thing, it preserves its old simplicity. Havewe come seeking repose for mind and body? One look announces a haven ofrest. Its land-locked harbor, its circlet of islands, its background of mountains,its sound conducting to new scenes or storiedshores, declare Southwest Harbor to be in noway deficient, either in natural attractions orscenic beauty. Years ago General Totten strongly urgedupon the govern
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