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GENERAL VIEW. 



Standing on this elevation the two villages of Sangatuck and Douglas, with 

 Lake Michigan between, are seen to great advantage. Between the hill and 

 Douglas is the magnificent peach orchard of B. S. Williams & Son, known as 

 the premium orchard since the State Pomological Society awarded it that honor. 



THE VIEW SOUTH. 



To the south the range of hills, of which Baldhead is the most prominent, 

 extends about a mile along the shore, gradually diminishing in altitude until 

 reaching the level banks where the lake shore road continues for some distance 

 within a few feet of the clay bank, and where, in fact, that bank has been at 

 places washed away by the action of the waves forty or fifty feet below so as to 

 encroach on the road, making dangerous places for night travel. 



FARM HOUSES ON THE SHORE. 



Along this road are several good fruit farms, the houses of which are in some 

 instances wholly exposed to the lake. Others have partial wind-breaks of 

 forest trees. It is found where the lake shore is abrupt, as it usually is on clay 

 banks, houses about fifteen or twenty rods from the brink are in a great meas- 

 ure protected from the force of the storm by the bank, even if level on top and 

 entirely denuded of forest growth. The storm, however, regathers strength 

 farther from the lake, and rising ground beyond will receive its full force. 



VIEW NORTH. 



Tlie sand hills on the north side of the Kalamazoo extend along the shore, 

 under ihe shelter of which are numerous small farms and orchards. The soil, 

 however, is not generally as strong as farther from the lake and on the south 

 side close up to the shore. 



THE DISTANT VIEW — EAST. 



In all the region taken into view from the hills, the greatest diversity of soil 

 and surface is visible. Taking the field glass the dim distance in the east 

 brightens up as the sun gleams forth on distant hills, forest, clearings, orchards, 

 little lakes, and the winding river. Not only the township of Saugatuck, but 

 Manlius and Heath become visible, where the farming lands attain an elevation 

 equal to that of the lakeside hills. 



THE VIEW WEST — THE BAT. 



On the west of the sand hills the lake shore describes a graceful curve, form- 

 ing a bay about five miles wide and of great natural beauty. At the center of 

 this bay is the mouth of the Kalamazoo, the lighthouse and the piers. The 

 bay has a beach of sand north of the harbor, and of stones on the south, the 

 whole being plentifully spread over with drift-wood. 



THE BAT SHORE. 



Along the shore of this bay is a most romantic region of hill and dale, witk 

 forest trees of several prominent varieties, interspersed by the meanderings of 

 the river, forming landscape and water views of great beauty. It is a natural 

 park for the inhabitants of the neighboring villages, and is used in the sum- 

 mer season for picnics and encampments. It is interspersed by pleasant walks 

 and drives, mostly originated by Indian trails, but kept open by pleasure- 



