. Here and there in New England and Canada . nd buoyancy. The four hundred miles of shore-line encircling Moosehead contain a great variety of scenery, lines of shaggy hills, deep and sheltered bays, andthe estuaries of fishing-streams. The perfumes of pine and sjirucefill the pure highland air, untainted by the dead exhalations of towns, andprei)are a tonic which it is delightful to breathe. Thi^ is the chief of all themyriad lakes of Maine ; and every season thousands of vacation-tourists seekits refreshing and invigorating surroundings. The favorite excursion is to the top of M
. Here and there in New England and Canada . nd buoyancy. The four hundred miles of shore-line encircling Moosehead contain a great variety of scenery, lines of shaggy hills, deep and sheltered bays, andthe estuaries of fishing-streams. The perfumes of pine and sjirucefill the pure highland air, untainted by the dead exhalations of towns, andprei)are a tonic which it is delightful to breathe. Thi^ is the chief of all themyriad lakes of Maine ; and every season thousands of vacation-tourists seekits refreshing and invigorating surroundings. The favorite excursion is to the top of Mount Kineo, a steep scramble,by a well-marked path leading through fragrant woodlands, and over stretchesof soft moss and iron-like ledges. From the summit we gain a birds-eye viewof the great lake with its shining northern bay, and its many shadowy mount-ains, and the dim distant peak of Katakdin. Trusty guides may be found at the Kineo, by whose aid many pleasantexcursions are enjoyed over the surrounding waters, and to the haunts of fish. among the Moody Islands and over by Brassua, and Tomhegan, and the bolder adventurer may ascend to the North-East Carry, whence aroad leads in two miles to the West Branch of the Penobscot. (WhenJames Russell Lowell carried his baggage over this portage he estimated thedistance at 18,674! miles.) Thence the canoes descend the West Branch ofthe Penobscot for eighteen miles to Lake Chesuncook. eighteen miles long,and enwrapped in the great northern wilderness. The West Branch flowsdown thence for ninety miles to Mattawanikeag, on the Maine Central Rail-road ; and from Chesuncook the sturdy woodsman may visit ChamberlainLake, and Caucomgomoc, and Caribou I^ake, and Ripogenus, and manyanother silent tarn among the houseless woods. The graceful Squaw Mountains, the cone-like peaks of the Spencer range,
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