The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-02
IN YHB WHITE MOUNTAINS.
A REGION OF MANY ATTRACTIONS
FOR THE TOURIST.
Tho Wow From Mount Warrington ~
Magnificent ~ when Samuel Adams
Drake Described It--Chanoes Also
for tho sherman-Natural Beauties.

inc Wow From Nouns W2Shln HtO0 ~
magnificent - when Samuel Adams
Drake Described It--Chances Also
for tho Fisherman-Natural Beauties.
Il consider the first introduction to what
the peak Of Mount Washington looks down
upon an epoch In any mans life. ] saw the
whole noble company Of mountains. from
highest to lowest. I saw the deep Inn.
pressions through which the Connecticut,
the Merrimack, tho Saco, the Androscogs
gin wind toward the lowlands.
Il saw the lakes which nurse the infant
northern forests. the notohed wall Of the
Green Mountains. tho wide expanse Of level
land. fat and heavy. like the ocean, and
finally the OCEAN itself.
And all this was mingled in one mighty
scene. The utmost that can say OF this
view Is that 1t Is q marvel. You receive an
impression Of the illimita bic such as no other
natural spectacle-not even the sea-can
give. Astonishment can 60 no further
Such was Samuel Adams brakes descrip-
ton OF the view from the summit OF Mount
Washington, the great autocrat Of New
England Almost every one who has
breathed the rarefied air Of the peak, s,2s3
feet above the sea, and gazed upon the
sublime spectacle OF mountains, valleys,
lakes and rivers, inclines to the belief that
brakes description was not overdrawn.
To the east the view extends on II clear day
as far as the Atlantic Ocean at Portland:
to the west as far as Lake Champaign; south
to the outlines Of Lake Memphremagog.
The tourist Is 80 attracted by the beauty
Of the White Mountain country that every
direction appeals to him alike for continu-
alton OF his travels.
II he is fisherman he will know that
and streams inhabited by the gamiest
Of bass, trout, maskinonge and, rarer than
all the others, the ouananiche, the greatest
OF all fighting fish. The ouananiche. the
natives VIII tel you. was first discovered in
II the tourist cares to 60 on an exploring
expedition and Is fond OF mountain climb
ing he can find peaks upward Of 1000 feet
high which he may reach without traversing
any great, ee!panse between mountains.
SUBMITS as Mount Webster, Mount jackson,
Mount Clinton. Mount Pleasant, Mount
Franklin. Mount Monroe.
In another series are Mounts Clay, JET
ferson. Adams ms and Ms ID , The peaks
snd . ss9a arc s Worhy Of he they
memorate.
With no such range Of views as the noun
tains afford. the valleys are nevertheless
equally attractive. Some OF them are
narrow passes, through which run streams
with a succession Of waterfalls debouching
further on into lakes Of clear cold water.
The famous Crawford Notch is typical
OF the most inviting Of these passes. Mount
Webster and Mount Wiley rise precautionary
one ither side and the road through the gap
shows an unsurpassed view Of mountain,
rugged clin and falling water.
II has been called the Yosemite o! the East,
but the White Mountain enthusiast will.
insist that the description is a mistake
and that tie real Yosemite might moro
aptly be called the Crawford Notch OF the
West.
THE White Mountains" the seeker after
literary associations will toll the tourist,
-is the region where Artemus Ward wa.
horn. where Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote
his earlier works where Longfellow's first
poem I.ovewell's Flight was writtenf
where Daniel Webster taught school and
where hundreds of well known writer's hava
laid the scehes of their best known works.
1t has inspired great men; it has furnished
both physical and mental Improvement to
thousands" -