New Castle, historic and picturesque . trace it out and find a sliort cut from. llLSTOltIC AND PICTURESQUE 61 the southern side of the island to the Three Bridges, by a veryprett} lovers lane. At the end of this lane the last house of thewhole way was pulled down a few- years since. A pear-tree,which must be two centuries old, is there, a Aenerable house-mark. Let us return to the hill on which the Wentworth Hotel is here I Avish to tempt 3^ou by taking you up into a hightow^er and offering you a world. I know of no spot where oneis so likely to yield. The Aerj^ least you will do wil
New Castle, historic and picturesque . trace it out and find a sliort cut from. llLSTOltIC AND PICTURESQUE 61 the southern side of the island to the Three Bridges, by a veryprett} lovers lane. At the end of this lane the last house of thewhole way was pulled down a few- years since. A pear-tree,which must be two centuries old, is there, a Aenerable house-mark. Let us return to the hill on which the Wentworth Hotel is here I Avish to tempt 3^ou by taking you up into a hightow^er and offering you a world. I know of no spot where oneis so likely to yield. The Aerj^ least you will do will be to acceptit for a season; and that is enough, it settles the business; youwill come again, and ultimateh it will triumph over all prefer-ences. This is the experience of many chance visitors at NewCastle. From the tow^ers of Wentworth Hotel nearly the wholeof Rockingham Count} can be seen, a portion of StraffordCount}, and of York County in Maine. The general name of theelevations on the Avest, that form, at the average distance of thirtymiles, the horizon line, is the
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