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coggin, which pours along- over rapids until it rests in a quiet bay, where 

 the river widens to receive the waters of Clear stream. After leaving 

 the bay the river becomes rapid again, and pours along between the hills, 

 and soon is lost to sight. Westward, among the hills, is Aker s pond, 

 and, following up the valley of Clear stream, the view is limited by the 

 high ridge running through Dixville. A little farther south we look over 

 the hills in Errol and Millsfield, and we can see a few peaks in Odell. To 

 the south-west the forests stretch as far as the eye can reach ; for nearly 

 thirty miles there is one unbroken wilderness. For a distant view, I 

 know not where the White Mountains can be seen to such advantage as 

 just south of the height of land; neither do I know of any distant point 

 from which they appear so high. You seem to see through the Pinkham 

 Notch, and in that direction, from most points, the higher peaks seem 

 to slope off and run into the Carter range. Near Mr. William M. 

 Thurston s, the White Mountains still in view, we can look down on 

 Umbagog lake; and then in Maine, not many miles away, are moun 

 tains of considerable height. 



On the Connecticut there are many places where the scenery is en 

 chanting. At almost every turn in the road, from West Stewartstown 

 to North Stratford, there is something that attracts the attention, a 

 mountain of grand proportions, a hill with graceful outline, the trees, 

 the forests, or the river, as it runs through grassy meadows or along a 

 wooded hillside. There is some remarkable scenery in the vicinity of 

 Groveton. Coming from the south towards the village, Percy peaks will 

 attract the attention of the most indifferent observer, on account both of 

 their symmetrical form and color. In the heliotype, the peaks are seen 

 from a point on the Upper Ammonoosuc above Groveton. In the fore 

 ground is the river, and to the right is Long mountain, near the line of 

 Stark and Odell. The village itself is surrounded by mountains. The 

 summits of those that are farthest away are scarcely more than ten miles 

 distant, while Mt. Lyon on the south is not more than four. Although 

 the hills and mountains are so near, yet, on account of the broad interval 

 of the Connecticut, we do not feel as though the outlook had too narrow 

 limits, but rather that in the whole view there is a beautiful symmetry. 

 I know of no place where the moonlight adds such a charm to the 

 scenery ; and it is especially grand to watch the moon as it rises above 



