. New England; a human interest geographical reader. Greylock, the highest Massachusetts mountainBeautiful Berkshire BERKSHIRE County sweeps straight across thewestern end of Massachusetts. It is a district ofmountains and tumbled lesser heights, and, though oneor two of its valleys are broad enough to give a sense ofrepose, even there the blue waves of the encircling hills130 Beautiful Berkshire 31 are constantly in sight. From the uplands the streamscome coursing down the wooded glens, with here andthere a foaming waterfall, and they go on through thevalleys, still swiftly as a rule, but som
. New England; a human interest geographical reader. Greylock, the highest Massachusetts mountainBeautiful Berkshire BERKSHIRE County sweeps straight across thewestern end of Massachusetts. It is a district ofmountains and tumbled lesser heights, and, though oneor two of its valleys are broad enough to give a sense ofrepose, even there the blue waves of the encircling hills130 Beautiful Berkshire 31 are constantly in sight. From the uplands the streamscome coursing down the wooded glens, with here andthere a foaming waterfall, and they go on through thevalleys, still swiftly as a rule, but sometimes broaden-ing into a pond or lake, and occasionally are set to workto turn the wheels of a mill. It is one of the most attractive of New Englandresort regions, and portions of the county are famousas the summer playground ofmillionnairesfrom the greatcities. In otherparts farmspredominate,some of themthrifty, andsome of themquite other-wise. BalancedRock is the. Balanced Rock, which weighs one hundred and fifty tons, yet can be easily swayed by a mans weight countys greatest natural is reached by a pleasant drive northeasterlyfrom Pittsfield. Its height is eighteen feet, its weightabout one hundred and fifty tons, and it rests on onesquare foot of surface. Yet it is so evenly balancedas to be readily swayed by a mans weight. In the northern part of the county is Greylock,3500 feet high, the loftiest mountain in the state. 132 New England Some claim that it was named after an Indian chief ofthe vicinity. Others attribute the name to the moun-tains appearance when the hoar-frost of autumncreeps downward from the summit, touching each darkevergreen with silver gray. Near the base of Greylock is the busy manufactur-ing city of North Adams, on the outskirts of which isthe western portal of the Hoosac Tunnel. The Hoosacmountain range separates the Connecticut Valley fromthe valley of the Hudson. It is many miles across,but at one poi
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