. Through the wilds; a record of sport and adventure in the forests of New Hampshire and Maine . ed to Lilli-putian size. I should think it would be a hard climb for women up here, saidDick, finally breaking the impres-sive silence. Probably it is, returnedGeorge. I did not find it anytoo easy. But Parsons says thata great many ladies come up here. Where is the Snow Cave ?queried Ned : let us see if wecan find it. Mr. Parsons said it was backof this ledge somewhere, remarkedFred. Come on, and we willhunt it up ; and suiting the actionto the word, he walked carefullyback over the narrow path, f
. Through the wilds; a record of sport and adventure in the forests of New Hampshire and Maine . ed to Lilli-putian size. I should think it would be a hard climb for women up here, saidDick, finally breaking the impres-sive silence. Probably it is, returnedGeorge. I did not find it anytoo easy. But Parsons says thata great many ladies come up here. Where is the Snow Cave ?queried Ned : let us see if wecan find it. Mr. Parsons said it was backof this ledge somewhere, remarkedFred. Come on, and we willhunt it up ; and suiting the actionto the word, he walked carefullyback over the narrow path, fol-lowed by the others, and afterfifteen minutes diligent searchthey found the place. It was an immense split or rift in the mountain, how deep they couldnot tell, into which the snow had blown, and was now full to withinabout six feet of the top. The idea of finding snow or ice, whichever it is, the sixth day ofAuorust! said Georg-e, shruo-mnp- his shoulders ; I should think thepeople up here would freeze to death in winter. After looking at the cave they tramped along the edge of the cliff. SUMMIT OF TABLE ROCK. 134 THROUGH THE WILDS. for almost a mile, obtaining different views all the time, then retracedtheir route to Table Rock, and thence to the road by the same the highway they obtained a good general view of the Notch,and feeling tired from the heat and their climb, they returned to thehotel, and lounged away the rest of the afternoon on the piazza; thatis to say, all but the Parson, who busied himself in making a sketch ofTable Rock. After supper the boys brought down their hammocks and hung themin the grove near the house, and turning into them, lay chatting whilethey watched the daylight fade to twilight, and the twilight deepeninto darkness. How still it is here, said Dick, during a lull in their conversation ; one can almost fancy he is out of the world. It comes pretty near it, replied George, when in a place likethis, dropped down in a hole scooped out
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