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enjoyment on such occasions, except when
some mpertincm PEREZ intcrvcncs TO stop the
sport. The sight Of perch is wrath-moring TO
him, and against them, he n ger pretended to be
proof. Occasionally he would steal away from
the company and with the Judge for guide
cross the Lake and plunge into thedcep forests,
where Cowpcr would never have sung
40 for lodge in some vast wdcrness"
but where Byron would have exclaimed
"Thcrc is a pleasure in the pathlcsS woods,,-
in pursuit of the spotted trout.
But enough Of pers ms We would say some
thing of the fair portion Of our company; but
for the Cuunsclor's sake, we forbcar to 90 into
particulars. We will only add that everything
in that quarter, was agreeable and pcasant--as
much SO as the IN fair portion of the crowd
could WISH
Oh the East side Of Lake Dunmore,
there is wild and magnificent sight-the Cas-
cADEs. They are on, what is vulg carly called
Sucker Brook. There are two falls of water
one about sixty feet and the other about forty
feet And they come rushing and tumbling
down over huge masses OF rocks with trcmcn.
dous force and power, The scenery about
these cascades reminds one of the descriptions
IF Switzerland Scenery in widness and gran
leur.
South Of the lake is what is call Bald Hill.
part Of our company assembled this eminencc
under the guidance of our valiant governor.
We arrived at the top in due course of time
and came to rock without name. But the
Governor took some kind OF liquid from the
Chcva'icr, which name not--nomen stat UNI
bra-and christencd the rock in becoming
manner,-PRO>TE r Rock. We mounied this
Rock and glorious and beautiful prospect
burst upon our view. Ga our west stretched far
away the whole of Lake Champan Valley with
It's richly cultivated farms and fields, inter
spcrsed with pleasant villages ,-visble, almost
entire, to the naked eye. Farther on lie the
cloud piercing Adirondack mountains. On
the East extend North and South as far as the
eye can reach our own Green Mountains On
the South, and, almost at the foot of the hill
lies the valley Of Lake Dunmore we had
perfect view Of the whole lake, its Incts and
Outlets, its Islands and Bays. AS we stood
looking down upon This sight the lines Of Moore
nstuctvely rushed into our minds
There is not in this wide world n valley so sweet
As that vale IN whose bosom the bright walcrs meet :
GA! the last ray Of feeling and life must depart,
Ere the bloom OF that valley shall fade from my heart"
But to conclude, this already too lengthy
communication, we can assure any of your
readers who may wish TO be where they can
breath the pure, clear and salubrious air of hea-
ven, free from the dust and turmoil of town-life
to be where there are none to modest or an
noy-where gentlemen can dress to keep
c)ol-and Ladies to bc-comforiaJ7c especially
it they believe that
"Nature is mars best teacher. She unfolds
Her treasures to his search, unscaIs his eye.
1Iumes his mind, and purjlics his heau"-
hat they will never regret "a visit to LAKE
nuNuohE. For ,tcie they can
Find tongues in trcrs books in running brooks,
Sermons IN Stones, aud good in everything -
LANE ru.Mo%E PATTY.
Burlington, July II. 1870.