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ladies. I was delighted that the triumph belonged to this 

 splendid specimen of the robust gentleman whom I had 

 admired for his manly beauty and pure, good face; and I 

 put his picture by the side of that of the young-old 

 Doctor, in my memories of Paul Smith's and St. Regis. 



There is a charming ramble, out among the trees, east of 

 the house, and thence all over the wooded, rocky penin 

 BQls jutting into the lake. Onemaysil and lounge on the 

 rocks at the water's edge and look out upon the lake and 

 see how prettily the bree/.es play with the wavelets; or 

 gaze lieyond, and watch the summit of St. Regis Moun- 

 tain, noting what ;i world of blue there is in the atmos 

 phere when it rests upon a mountain's brow; or let the eye 

 wander far and near upon the forest, and dream and 

 dream again of the procession of the centuries Hint have 

 come and gone, while the forest, ever changing, vet 

 remain.- ever the <ame. Then- are :i hundred things one 

 may do. .-it -uch a res,.rt as Paul Smith's, besides fishing, 

 that will be lioth delightful to the tired mind and delicious 

 to all the senses. I confess that, while there. I enjoy, d 

 these mi -pnrNmanlike things to the utmost. 



