What to see in America . 166 AVhat to See in America. Mountain Home near Pisgah Ridge the seat of govern-ment, with Newbernfor the final one after1746. Southwest ofRaleigh is the im-portant health andrecreation resort,Pinehurst. FromNovember, when thecolors of autumn areat their best, untilMay, when the gran-deur of the Southern spring has reached its climax, theregion is particularly charming. Perhaps the most excitingand strenuous of the pastimes which Pinehurst has to offeris fox-hunting. Gray foxes abound, and they lead the packof twenty hounds, close followed by the hunters, in a merrycha
What to see in America . 166 AVhat to See in America. Mountain Home near Pisgah Ridge the seat of govern-ment, with Newbernfor the final one after1746. Southwest ofRaleigh is the im-portant health andrecreation resort,Pinehurst. FromNovember, when thecolors of autumn areat their best, untilMay, when the gran-deur of the Southern spring has reached its climax, theregion is particularly charming. Perhaps the most excitingand strenuous of the pastimes which Pinehurst has to offeris fox-hunting. Gray foxes abound, and they lead the packof twenty hounds, close followed by the hunters, in a merrychase, which almost always ends in securing the fox. Western North Carolina is the ^ Land of the Sky. Hereare the Great Smoky Mountains along the boundary, andthe parallel range of the Blue Ridge about twenty-five milesto the east. Sev-eral spurs reachout from the mainchains into theregion between,and one of these,the Black Moun-tains, containsnineteen peaksover 6000 feethigh. The varietyof scenery is end-less. Even the Mulxtain KALE
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