What to see in America . Mountain Home near Pisgah Ridge the seat of govern-ment, with Newbernfor the final one after1746. Southwest ofRaleigh is the im-portant health andrecreation resort,Pinehurst. FromNovember, when thecolors of autumn areat their best, untilMay, when the gran-deur of the Southern spring has reached its climax, theregion is particularly charming. Perhaps the most excitingand strenuous of the pastimes which Pinehurst has to offeris fox-hunting. Gray foxes abound, and they lead the packof twenty hounds, close followed by the hunters, in a merrychase, which almost always ends
What to see in America . Mountain Home near Pisgah Ridge the seat of govern-ment, with Newbernfor the final one after1746. Southwest ofRaleigh is the im-portant health andrecreation resort,Pinehurst. FromNovember, when thecolors of autumn areat their best, untilMay, when the gran-deur of the Southern spring has reached its climax, theregion is particularly charming. Perhaps the most excitingand strenuous of the pastimes which Pinehurst has to offeris fox-hunting. Gray foxes abound, and they lead the packof twenty hounds, close followed by the hunters, in a merrychase, which almost always ends in securing the fox. Western North Carolina is the ^ Land of the Sky. Hereare the Great Smoky Mountains along the boundary, andthe parallel range of the Blue Ridge about twenty-five milesto the east. Sev-eral spurs reachout from the mainchains into theregion between,and one of these,the Black Moun-tains, containsnineteen peaksover 6000 feethigh. The varietyof scenery is end-less. Even the Mulxtain. North Carolina 167 highest mountains are densely wooded to their tops. In thisregion is the famous health resort of Asheville, which isvisited by 70,000 persons annually. Southerners frequentit for its comparative coolness in summer, and Northernersfor its mildness in the cooler part of the year. Mt. Mitchell,the highest peak in the United States east of the RockyMountains, rises eighteen miles east of Asheville to a heightof 6711 feet. Its name is derived from Prof. Elisha Mitchell,who lost his life by a fall from a precipice in 1857, while
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