Athletics and manly sport . and Mt. Holyoke is surpassingly beau-tiful. 1 never saw more deliohtful scenerv thanin the river valley just above and below North-ampton. And- let no canoeist pass Springfield withoutvisiting the famous United States arsenal, where, From floor to ceiling,Like a huge organ, rise tlie burnished arms. Now^here in the w^orld is there a nobler view thanfrom the tower of this building. This is a super-lative word, but it was the opinion of the greatHumboldt, who, on a famous European river,said: There is nothing finer than this, exceptthe view from the Arsenal at Springf
Athletics and manly sport . and Mt. Holyoke is surpassingly beau-tiful. 1 never saw more deliohtful scenerv thanin the river valley just above and below North-ampton. And- let no canoeist pass Springfield withoutvisiting the famous United States arsenal, where, From floor to ceiling,Like a huge organ, rise tlie burnished arms. Now^here in the w^orld is there a nobler view thanfrom the tower of this building. This is a super-lative word, but it was the opinion of the greatHumboldt, who, on a famous European river,said: There is nothing finer than this, exceptthe view from the Arsenal at Springfield. At Hartford, the Canoe Club met us mostkindly, and its commodore, Mr. Jones, made ourstay bright and our departure memorable. From Hartford to Middletow^n is one of thefinest stretches of the Connecticut, and it is bvno means low-banked or monotonous. One ofthe peculiarities of the river is that it is almostas wide and apparently as deep at Hanover as inthis latest reach. It is not necessary to go a great distance up. t
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