. The Catskill Mountains; . it of nature. The first station on this branch is CHICHESTER, it was named for the Chichester familywhich came originallv from Wales. There are extensivemanufacturing plants and a collection of small dwellingsdown in the vallev. Chairs and fine cabinet work are madethere, to which the place is devoted. Soon after leavingthe station, if at the right season in June, you pass through aperfect flower garden of mountain laurel, which extends foracres upon either side, each shrub a gorgeous mass of pinkbeautv in a setting of dark green leaves. In fact, this entireroute pr
. The Catskill Mountains; . it of nature. The first station on this branch is CHICHESTER, it was named for the Chichester familywhich came originallv from Wales. There are extensivemanufacturing plants and a collection of small dwellingsdown in the vallev. Chairs and fine cabinet work are madethere, to which the place is devoted. Soon after leavingthe station, if at the right season in June, you pass through aperfect flower garden of mountain laurel, which extends foracres upon either side, each shrub a gorgeous mass of pinkbeautv in a setting of dark green leaves. In fact, this entireroute presents a charming varietv of wild flowers, ferns, trail-ing vines and green shrubberv which bloom in successionduring the summer, filling the air with wild-wood of plants and wild flowers may revel in the woodlandtreasures which abound in this region. Among the speciesfound are clematis, ferns in great variety, sarracenias, honey-suckles, Indian pipe, daisies, eupatorium, lilies, phlox, and ahost of LOOKING ALONG THE RAIL ON THE MOUNTAIN TOP ON A MOONLIGHT NIGHT. THE CATSKILL MOUNTAINS. 91 LANESVILLE^ five miles up the valley, is the nextstop, and a favorite section with modest visitors whoprefer to avoid the bustle and crowd of a popular resort-There are several houses in this picturesc^ue locality wheresolid comfort mav be enjoyed, and there is good fishingin the surrounding streams. Steeple Mountain and Burnt Knobrise abruptly skyward over across the valley, and there are va-rious other soaring peaks with craggy crests now coming intoview, which add rugged grandeur to the scene. Another threemiles upward and onward brings the train to a halt at CDGEWOOD, leet above tide. There is a rattlingsaw-mill, and a chair-stock factory, with a few scatter-ing private boarding-houses. But Natures setting willengage your attention more profitably. Until this point youhave been on the eastern slope of the deep valley, with theStony Clove creek and the old w
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