. Down east latch strings; or Seashore, lakes and mountains by the Boston & Maine railroad. Descriptive of the tourist region of New England . and I know nowhere in the east thatsuch a sense of the grandeur of heiuiit can be experienced as here, 81 where the eye can follow the vertical lines of the crag-face, down,down, down, till the heart faints before the awful thought of follow-ing the stone you fling out and lose sight of before it strikes. We wandered about the crest, following various paths through thebushes which would bring us out at new points of view; and at oneplace I walked out up
. Down east latch strings; or Seashore, lakes and mountains by the Boston & Maine railroad. Descriptive of the tourist region of New England . and I know nowhere in the east thatsuch a sense of the grandeur of heiuiit can be experienced as here, 81 where the eye can follow the vertical lines of the crag-face, down,down, down, till the heart faints before the awful thought of follow-ing the stone you fling out and lose sight of before it strikes. We wandered about the crest, following various paths through thebushes which would bring us out at new points of view; and at oneplace I walked out upon the very edge of the precipice, where it reallyoverhangs the beach at the head of the cove; yet this was not so ter-rifying as the other, for I looked straight down through nothingness tothe familiar objects of the shore —though how strangely minified,—and had no curving columns of rock to lead my eyes and measure for ^^.__^__ ,, ^ ^^ ^^^^ me, foot by foot, the awful distance. Prue. I however, wouldnt go near the .edge, but |l •• * sat back and wrung her hands, wailed and r • ; . - * kept on wailing, until I returned to the. MOOSEHEAD LAKE, FROM MT. KINEO. safet} of her perch amongthe rhododendrons. ThenAve seated ourselves uponthe tip-top point and pre- pared to enjoy the view. Prue, wrapped in my overcoat, lay upon the warm rocks, while I satin her lee and jotted down the main features of the landscape. Eastward, the world is comparatively open, and the few mountainsare isolated and distinct. Little Kineo, bun-shaped, as seen from here,stands prominent, and beyond it are the high wooded hills towardsLobster lake. Directly east, the most conspicuous objects are the twoSpencer mountains, reared out there in the level woods, without a foot-hill. The nearest (Kokadjo) is a three-sided pyramid, even and sharp;the further one (Sabolawan) is more massive and irregular,—in realitya long ridge, seen end on. To the left of Kokadjo, the northern- 82 most extremity only of
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