. Down east latch strings; or Seashore, lakes and mountains by the Boston & Maine railroad. Descriptive of the tourist region of New England . hot and meas-ured nine feet from tip to tip of wing. There are many small pondslying contiguous to the river on both sides and connected with itby short streams, that are often filled with ducks, with blue heronsstalking near them. Deer, bear, caribou and moose, are occasionallycaught sight of along the river, as frightened by the steamer, theyplunge into the leafy cover of the woods. The banks of the streamvary in height from two to eight feet accordin
. Down east latch strings; or Seashore, lakes and mountains by the Boston & Maine railroad. Descriptive of the tourist region of New England . hot and meas-ured nine feet from tip to tip of wing. There are many small pondslying contiguous to the river on both sides and connected with itby short streams, that are often filled with ducks, with blue heronsstalking near them. Deer, bear, caribou and moose, are occasionallycaught sight of along the river, as frightened by the steamer, theyplunge into the leafy cover of the woods. The banks of the streamvary in height from two to eight feet according to the number ofgates open at the dam, and a good camping-spot may be foundreadily. About four miles up the the Magalloway you pass some rocks onthe left side, then make a sharp turn to the right. Looking back as5ou make this turn, you obtain the most romantic and picturesque 137 view on the river. About half a mile of the stream can be seen,in some places the trees almost meeting overhead, and the silvery-lane of water through this vista of living green presents a picturethat YOU will not soon forget. The country people who go up and. UPPER MAGALLOWAY. down this beautiful thoroughfare seem generally to care nothing aboutthis scenery; but one day, when coming down the river, as weturned this bend, an old fellow on the boat who caught the viewjust at the right moment, was for an instant brought to a realizing 138 sense of the beauties of nature, and, looking at me, said, • I snumnow, Mister, if that aint the purtiest sight 1 ever saw. Except some stony ledges, like that at Fulpit rock, the foliage and>edge that shut in the river is unbroken for ten miles, at the end ofwhich humanity is recalled by a log cabin at the mouth of Bottlel)rook. A few moments later the lower landing is reached, amongfarms, and upon a wagon road along the right bank. Though it isonly two miles by land to the Berlin Mills IIouso. the distance is sixl)y water. Tliis ride of six miles, lieading to e
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