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ancient Greece. Indeed, the warring history of this 

 valley may be comparable with that of the plains of 

 Marathon and the mountains of Hellas. Through the 

 Hoosac Pass, during the French and Indian Wars, 

 have marched the French cadets and cunning Indians, 

 led by General Rigaud de Vaudreuil, to storm and cap- 

 ture Fort Massachusetts near the base of Greylock's 

 Brotherhood. Here they fought, sixty to one. These 

 encounters were but forerunners of the Bennington re- 

 bellion among the Green Mountain Boys, and the con- 

 flicts at Ticonderoga, which led to one of the world's 

 great battles, fought among the hills and vales of 

 Saratoga. 



The summit of Mount CEta is crowned with luxuri- 

 ant farms, with flowing fields of grain and grasses. 

 Miniature hills and vales between, with little streams 

 leading down the slopes, perfect an ideal pastoral 

 dream. There is none of the boldness in the scene 

 from this height, as observed from Mount Greylock, 

 Mount Anthony, or the Majestic Dome. 



Very often the highest summits, especially those of 



the Dome and the Greylock group, are draped with 



rosy-tinged clouds and lowering veils of mist at the 



sunrise hour. One of the rarest visions seen from our 



modern Mount CBta occurs about six o'clock in the 



morning, frequently during the months of June and 



July, when the whole valley of the Hoosac appears 



filled with a perfect sea of billow}^ fog, the distant blue 



mountain peaks rising above. With the golden lights 



of dawn falling upon this ocean of beauty, one can 

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