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THE NAUTILUS. 



While going toward the "Summit," how truly beautiful were the 

 rustic wooden bridges over which we passed, and the cool-looking, 

 shaded, rainbow-tinted and trout ladened streams. How the saucy 

 big blue jays scolded when we ventured too close to their nesting 

 places! Then there were numerous tiny golden-breasted wild 

 canaries; how beautifully they did sing! The peacock-green 

 throated humming-birds were busy flying hither and thither, ab- 

 stracting the honey from the delicately scented flowers. Cotton-tails 

 would occasionally be seen running frantically across the broad road 

 and hiding among the heavy brush, so that they would not fall vic- 

 tims to the many hawks and red-necked buzzards which appear at 

 all times to hover overhead. 



The beach, bluffs and Diixbury Reef. 



Several times we came across a flock of mountain quail. The 

 minute we were observed by them, they would take to the wing. 

 The noise caused by their flyiug resembled greatly an immense buzz 

 saw revolving with great rapidity and cutting through heavy timber. 



When we reached " the ridge," we were rewarded by a superb 

 view of the surrounding country. Not a particle of fog was within 

 sight. The atmosphere was as clear as crystal. The view covered 

 an expanse of scenery which could not be emulated for picturesque 

 variety. Mountains, forests, lakes, valleys, rocks, straits and capes^ 

 cities, towns and villages spread themselves in a magnificent panor- 

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