The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-09-02

these reasons and for the purpose of learn.
ing something OF the unknown wonders Of
this vast wilderness that our party Of FIVE
went with the crowd in the direction that
civilization is said to take its march. We
sought for alodgc in some vast wilder
ness and We lound it A ride Of sixty.
two miles over the Wu>i road, that ever
obtained the iip"i,y oi that title. in dis
%tinction iIom trails. brought US 10 the
Upper Adirondack Iron Works." a vii.
lage Of some tweuiy five houses with but
obe family occupying, Mr.. John Moore,
who is comfortably established in the
largest house. more for the accommodation
Of a pleasure and health seeking public
than for his own. THIS village is located
between Lake Henderson. a beautiful
sheet Of water some two and u half miles
long, head water Of the Hudson River, and
Lake Sanford some four miles long. This
isa i%avorite starting point, as within a
radius of u few miles, are some ten or
twelve lakes and ponds. You can troll
Sanford for pickerel, Henderson for large
trout, take fine mountain trout in unlimit.
ed quantities from the Preston ponds, or
draw a bead upon a deer, at the right
season, upon the shores Of II half dozen Of
them, at least.
There are several ways of getting at
the matter. Some make Moorc's their
headquarters, only going out for daily ex-
cursions, returning to the house for lodg-
ing. Others prefer TO encamp in the
woods, and if a party is not ambitious Of
doing more than one or two phases OF
the wilderness, they can have the com
forts of civilized life to a large degree.
Our friends, Bishop Bissell and party,Dr,
Loomis and party, illustrate this phase of
camp life. They pitched tents near lakes
where their encampments were easy Of
access, and here with all necessary
equipments and many conveniences they
had q home to return to after excursions
to places of interest il the vicinity. Our
plan was to encamp at one place only a
few days, then push on to find 'other
worlds to conquer" This VIC called
rroughing it." AT the Preston Ponds
we found the best trout.ishing. 1t is
really fine sport to pull up the speckled
trout of hall a pound or more from the
clear, deep waters beneath you, and the
excitement is thrilling when you have one
hooked that you know must have his play
and become tired out before he can be
landed.
No excursion to this section of the
wilderness is complete without a visit to
Indian Pass" the widest spot in the
country, east of the rocky mountains.
Four miles upon the trail from Lake
Henderson and you are in the midst of
the "second wonder of the Empire State"
Wallace rises up, upon one side, in a
perpendicular wall OF solid rock some six
hundred feet. Upon the other is Mc'In.
tire which towers up to the hight of
51S3 feet above the level of the sea.
The pass is itself some 1000 feet above
tide water. 1t is an aggregation of huge
rocks, too angular to be termed boulders,
weighing all the way from several hum
dred tons downward, piled up in promis-
cuous mass, forming piles like the cob
houses we used to build In early boyhood.
There are deep wells and dark caverns
in whose subterranean depths the ice
never melts, dizzy nights from which
you can look over the tops Of the highest
trees and view the landscape Of the val
ley below. Two Of our party attempted
to scale the face of Wallace, and after
a perilous and laborious climb of two
hours they found that further ascent in
in that place was impossible. A shout
revealed their location and illustrated
. the description of the poet Of ''pigmies
perched ON Alps" On their return tC
: the pulpit rock" they were surprised
that their dizzy hight was so small 4 por
7 ,i.- OF tue mnOIc djs,auUc.
~ tramp of eight or ten miles upon {
new trail from Moore's, brings US to on
next encampmept upon the Ausable. A
row of a mile and a half through tn,
rank lilies Of the Placid Water " is
, great relief from the tramp. From TIL;
camp, as headquarters, excursions to Mt
Marcy, down the Ausable, to the Uppe
and Lower lakes,t to view the Gothic noun
taius, to say nothing of spending a nigh
: iD a thunder shower, off the trail, upol
= the instcp of Haystack are in order. Mar
cy is the highest of the Adirondack noun
tains, some 5,467 feet, and situated il
. the very center Of this part of the will
, derness. From its summit may be seen
if not all the kingdoms of the world,
! at least, one of the finest views eve
. looked upon by mortal man. The will
= derness in its rich variations of color ant
' shadow, its mountains and lakes and riv
ers and valleys,i its rough scenery s%oltene,
!. down, or toned up, into the utmost love
= liness,a and at the same time the most mag
%nifcent GRANDEUR is spread out at our feet
: We can view and name almost every peal
: of any consequence, and recognize ever,
: oDe OF the five ranges of the Adirondacks
; We can trace the water courses almos
:. from their sources to the edge of the will
derness. We can see the bright, silver,
. sparkles of a hundred lakes or more, a
they lie nestled down among the noun
: tains which seem to US from our loft
= perch only moderate hills. In cleare
weather more distant scenery may b
= viewed. The immediate view is enough
= however, ia repay the most prosaic noun
tain climber for all his labor.
: The Gothic mountains are SO name,
. from their resemblance, 10 form, to tn
Gothic style in architecture. They ar
= not very high but are entrancing in thei
: loveliness. A trip down the river to tn
= Upper Ausable lake, 10 a dugout whicI
parted the still water, in its rapid figh,
y with scarcely Il ripple, under the skiliu
e %manipulations Of our Bulgarian" wa
+ in itself enough to repay for all the diff
r c%ulties Of making the wilderness with il
hard roads and blind trails.
The Dext removal Of encampment wa
to the Mud Pond region, where we foun
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