. The White hills; their legends, landscape, and poetry. l perishing, by the same ordinancesthat direct the bending of the reed and the blush of the rose. ^ From the top of this pyramid of Adams, whose rocks are so hugeand lawless that it would be scarcely possible to make a horse-pathto it from the plateau, we gained glorious views of the northern coun-try,—the beautiful Kilkenny range, the lovely farms and uplands ofRandolph and Jeffeison, the long unrolled purple of the Androscog-gin, making a right angle at the Lary Farm, the Pond of Safety, onthe northerly side of the Pilot Hills, and Umb
. The White hills; their legends, landscape, and poetry. l perishing, by the same ordinancesthat direct the bending of the reed and the blush of the rose. ^ From the top of this pyramid of Adams, whose rocks are so hugeand lawless that it would be scarcely possible to make a horse-pathto it from the plateau, we gained glorious views of the northern coun-try,—the beautiful Kilkenny range, the lovely farms and uplands ofRandolph and Jeffeison, the long unrolled purple of the Androscog-gin, making a right angle at the Lary Farm, the Pond of Safety, onthe northerly side of the Pilot Hills, and Umbagog, RichardsonsLake, and Moosetockmaguntic, whose dreamy waters, framed by theunbroken wilderness, are stocked with portly trout, and haunted bjNlroves of moose. THE ASCENT OF MOUNT WASHINGTON. 365 The long tramp which follows next, around the bending ridgebetween Jefferson and Adams, is rewarded by the glorious picture ofWashington, superior to any other which the range affords. Thelong easterly slope is shown from its base in the Pinkham forests;.
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