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the power of controlling snakes in the part of the mountains that remain in view- 

 same way. These stories are the veriest present a wonderful picture to the eye. It is 

 nonsense. The snake's sight is poor and like nothing else that I have ever seen, and 

 its eyes are dull, but as they are not must ^~e viewed by each one for himself, in 

 covered by any movable lids, but are order to be appreciated. An irregular series 

 always open, they have a strange, un- of mjun.ain summits is to be seen on every 

 canny look to people who know nothing '^ide, \mtil lost to view by distance or haze 

 about serpents. So far from "snake Here and there a cloud may so blend with 

 charmers" fascinating snakes and holding the mountain as to appear inseparable or a 

 them under a spell the snakes cannot tell silvery band of light may appear in the dis- 

 their keeper from any body else. tance, which serves to define the location of 



some body of water. Thus are some of tht 

 solid and substantial realities of the lower 



world, here transformed into poetical imagery 



A VACATION TRIP TO THE WHU'E o'' pliantom and transient fur.n.. I went to 



^^ »T„,,r ,T . ,,,^^■..T-.r- tlic top of thc observation tower, the highest 

 MOUNTAINS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE •,,„.,. , u • 



point on Mt. Washmgton, Ijut the view was 

 DURING THE SUMMER OF 1892. ^^^..^^jy i^p,.<,^ed. 



The train came up from the south side at 



BYJ. Ei.wvN BATES. 6.30P. M. well laden with people. I judged 



that about fifty people look supper at the 



Summit House that night. One lady inform- 

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^ ed me that she had been there two months. 



I left the Glen House at 10.30 A. M.; 



r afterwards s?w another example reached tne Half-Way House at 12.45 P- M.; 



of this rnre Iwtterfly, near the Glen rested here fifteen minutes; reached the 5-mile 



House at the base of the mountain, post at 2 P. M. ; the 6-mile post at 



These two examples are the only living 2.40 P. M.; the 7~f"'ls post at 3.20 



re[)reseinatives of the species that I have yet p. m. ; and the Summit at 4.00 p. M. 



seen. Among other butterflies, I obtained a The prices for board are; for lodging, $1.00. 



few examples of Argynnis montinus on the For supjier, lodging, and breakfast, 4.00. 



lower part of the mountain, one fine pair in Per day, 5 00. I am told that the rent of 



copulo. the Summit House is $10,000 per year. 



At the summit I saw several species of Glen Ellis Falls, located about three miles 



dragon flie< (^IVeuroptera) and house flies from the Glen House, are more beautiful 



(^Musca domestira), also two potato beetles thin any other falls I have seen in the 



(^l)i>ryphoi-a dtcem-lineata). A red squirrel mountains. The water falls about fifty feet 



was also seen upon a rock near the Summit iierpendicular, and the rocky gorge, whether 



House. No birds were seen or heard on the viewed from the top or bottom, is one of 



upper half of the mountain The mercury peculiar interest and beauty. A series of 



reached 60° Fahrenheit for a short time that long wooden steps enables the visitor to 



day, which is about the highest record dur ng reach the bottom of the gorge without danger. 



the se.nson. Snow was to be seen in Trout fishing, so generally enjoyed by most 



several valleys, where the sunlight had little persons where there are any trout to be 



access. caught at all, here becomes a profitable 



Very little can be seen from the summit business to those who are initiated fully into 



this afternoon as it is very hazy; still, the its secrets. 



