The Hudson . d from its sparkling glacier-worn summit we could look back on all the mountains of ourpleasant journey, and far away across Lake Champlain to MountMansfield and Camels Hump of the Green Mountains, andfarther still to the faint outlines of Mount Washington. Wereached Wilmington that night, drove the next morning toAusable Forks, and took the cars for Plattsburgh. The ten daystrip was finished, and at this late hour I heartily thank theTahawas Club of Plattsburgh for taking me under their gener-ous care and guidance. We took Phelps, our guide, back withus to Plattsburgh. When he re
The Hudson . d from its sparkling glacier-worn summit we could look back on all the mountains of ourpleasant journey, and far away across Lake Champlain to MountMansfield and Camels Hump of the Green Mountains, andfarther still to the faint outlines of Mount Washington. Wereached Wilmington that night, drove the next morning toAusable Forks, and took the cars for Plattsburgh. The ten daystrip was finished, and at this late hour I heartily thank theTahawas Club of Plattsburgh for taking me under their gener-ous care and guidance. We took Phelps, our guide, back withus to Plattsburgh. When he reached the Forks, and saw thecars for the first time in his life, he stooped down and, examin-ing the track, said, What tarnal little wheels. I suppose he 280 THE HUDSON. concluded that if the ordinary cart had two large wheels, thatreal car wheels would resemble the Rings of Saturn. He sawmuch to amuse and interest him during his short stay in Platts-burgh, but after all he thought it was rather lonesome, and. INDIAN HEAD. gladly returned to his lakes and mountains, where he slept inpeace, with the occasional intrusion of a Bar or a knew the region about Tahawas as an engineer knows hisengine, or as a Greek Professor knows the pages of his had lived so closely with nature that he seemed to under- THE HUDSON. 281 stand her gentlest whispers, and he had more genuine poetry in his soul than many a man who chains weak ideas in tang-ledmetre. Since that first delightful trip I have visited the Adirondack^many times, and I hope this summer to repeat the me Tahawas is the grand centre. It remains unchanged. , the route I have here traced is the same to-day a&s the rude camps are located in the same places, with theexception that the trail has been shortened over Tahawas, anda camp established on Skylight. With good guides the route isnot difficult for ladies in good health-say sufficient health toendure half a days shopping. Persons
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