New-York tribune., 1905-06-11

a vast variety Of choice is presented for the
summer visitor on both sides of the Hudson
Beyond the tablelands and foothills Of Rockland
County lie the highlands of the Hudson. ex-
tending into Orange County. and across that to
the north lie the Shawangunk Mountains. in
Sullivan and Ulster counties, the last extension
northeastward OF the Blue or Kittatinny Noun
tains of Pennsylvania and New-Jersey. Beyond
this range tower the peaks of the Catsklls.
overlooking immense extent of territory,
and embracing within their diversity every form
of rural solitude and thronged summer resort,
extending to the westward in what have come
to be called the Western Catskls. which over
look the great rural region which stretches to
the finger lakes" that diversity in so peculiar
a manner the interior of the Empire State,
North of the Catskills stretches the beautiful
Mohawk Valley, through which thunder the
trains of the -Four Track Road, and beyond Sar-
atoga Lake and the headwaters of the Hudson
are the loftiest mountains in the Empire State,
the peerless Adirondacks within whose diversi-
fed region lie lakes and woodlands. mountain
peaks and stretches of virgin forest, and all the.
prfmeval charm of the almost unbroken wilder
ness.
Adjacent to this picturesque region lie those
beautiful sheets of water Lakes George and
Champain, with their especial charm, while IN
the St Lawrence Valley the famous Thousand
Islands reward the VlSltOr VINO ventures dCIOSS
the border line separating this country from Its
nearby northern neighbor. and in Canada itself
not a few American visitors find what rewards
them in virgin forests unwhipped streams.
lovely lakes and all the delights of the vast.
primeval wilderness.
To return to the starting point in this metrop-
oils the region OF Westchester, Putnam and
Dutchess counties, the eastern side of the
Hudson is 50 closely connected with Fairfield
and Litchfed counties. in Western Connecticut,
and Berkshire County, in the same region In
Massachusetts,, that they may all be regarded as
almost the Berkshire region although that title
is popularity restricted to the Great Darlington.
Lenox and Pittsfield portion. The same char
acteristics extend from the Sound to the Green
Mountains, in Vermont, while the last named
region may be regarded the extension east OF
Lake Champlain of the Adirondack climate and
scenery.
But apart from its remarkable coast line, with
It's many indentations islands and much plct-
uresQue scenery, the elimination Of which is to
be found at Bar Harbor and Mount Desert there
is one portion of New-England which has a
proud pre- eminence on the Atlantic SLOPE While
the White Mountains do not rise quite so high
in the air as the Black Mountains. in North
Carolina yet the extreme altitude Of the former.
which considerably exceeds mile, is greater
from their immediate base TO the submits than
can be found elsewhere in the United States
save in the Rockies. This gives to visitors q
much more effective impression Of the loftiness
of the peaks than would be the If they
were surrounded by foothills. Those who visit
the region are thus rewarded by more vivid i'm
pressions OF the mountains than can be found