Summer days down East . PORTLAND. Q-^^OR all purposes of tourist travel Portland is the threshold ofMaine. To be sure, there are many points of interest in the-///J»if^i^^*^^^^ Pine-Tree State before Portland is reached, — the beaches of(vX-^.;^^ York, Wells, Kennebunkport, Biddeford, Old Orchard, andc^^ Scarborough; the high hills of xAgamenticus, Lake Sebago, ^j Pryeburg, and Bethel ; but the five great railroads passingthese localities all converge at Portland into a great strategic centre,beyond which lie the long lines of maritime peninsulas and famousislands, the populous tide-water coun
Summer days down East . PORTLAND. Q-^^OR all purposes of tourist travel Portland is the threshold ofMaine. To be sure, there are many points of interest in the-///J»if^i^^*^^^^ Pine-Tree State before Portland is reached, — the beaches of(vX-^.;^^ York, Wells, Kennebunkport, Biddeford, Old Orchard, andc^^ Scarborough; the high hills of xAgamenticus, Lake Sebago, ^j Pryeburg, and Bethel ; but the five great railroads passingthese localities all converge at Portland into a great strategic centre,beyond which lie the long lines of maritime peninsulas and famousislands, the populous tide-water counties, the inland lakes, and thevast wilderness of Maine. From the tower on Munjoys Hill you cansee on one side the long serrated line of the White Mountains, and onthe other a wide sweep of the open sea, extending to the mouth of theKennebec. It is a city that is set on the hills, and cannot be hid. Onevery side there are beautiful excursion-routes, by road, railway, or sea,to the beach and island resorts within a ha
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