Scenic gems of the White Mountains . s a great rock, the view from whose summit amply repays a visit. The way thither is a path only tenminutes walk from the hotel. Saco Lake, in front of the hotel has beeu widened and deepened to admit of boating, while the ruggedforest between it and the overhanging mountain has been, to use a happy illustration by a well known writer: Brushed, combed andperfumed and otherwise adorned for summer pleasurance. It bears the name of Idlewild. Beechers Cascades, commemorating the greatBrooklyn divine are but half a mile distant, in the woods to the right across t
Scenic gems of the White Mountains . s a great rock, the view from whose summit amply repays a visit. The way thither is a path only tenminutes walk from the hotel. Saco Lake, in front of the hotel has beeu widened and deepened to admit of boating, while the ruggedforest between it and the overhanging mountain has been, to use a happy illustration by a well known writer: Brushed, combed andperfumed and otherwise adorned for summer pleasurance. It bears the name of Idlewild. Beechers Cascades, commemorating the greatBrooklyn divine are but half a mile distant, in the woods to the right across the railroad. The buildings in the foreground of the pictureare respectively the railroad station, and a rustic bazar for the sale of curios. Experience has taught that the White Mountain tourist is agreat lover of souvenirs. The alpinstock, rock specimens and wild flowers, are among the fancies which effect age and sex alike. Thegrand old bridle-path up Mt. Washington, built in 1S40, leads right into the woods at the Crawford MOUNTS WASHINGTON AND JEFFERSON FROM THE AMMONOOSUC RIVER. The Ammonoosuc River is a true mountain-born stream, receiving the waters from the Lake of the Clouds, far up on the shoulder ofMt. Washington at an elevation of 5,100 feet, It is directly up the valley of this stream that the trains between Fabyans and the base station laborin their six mile course. Through leafy aisles appear grand vistas en route. The Presidential Range, so called from its individual peaksbearing the honored names of Presidents of the United States, looms high upon the left of the train in passing, with Mt. Washington itscentral figure. Mt. Clay (5,553 feet), adjoins Mt. Washington and north of Clay is Mt. Jefferson (5,714 feet) with two neighboring peaksand long spurs extending far toward the west. One of these spurs is called the Castellated Ridge. Its precipitous rock-piles, crested withturret-like ledges have the appearance of crumbling rock towers, and appear from a
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