UPPER SARANAC LAKE. — COX't^. 119 



After a brief rest, I procured another boat. and. still fol- 

 lowing my companions, rowed through Big Clear Pond to 

 the carry leading to the head of the Upper Saranac. This 

 is a "draw-carry" four miles long, a solid road over which 

 both boats and tourists are transported on wagons through 

 the forest. Two or three houses in the midst of small clear- 

 ings are on the shore, and l>y dint of loud hallooing on the 

 part of the guide, before we reached land, we called a man 

 and team to the landing. Again I left my boat, while my 

 companions had theirs loaded upon the wagon, and we all 

 got aboard and proceeded in great state and comfort to the 

 hotel at the head of the Upper Saranac Lake, where we 

 arrived at noon. 



" Cox's " is a two-story, frame house, much less pretenti 

 ous than Paul Smith's, capable, however, of accommodat- 

 ing sixty guests, which it did the night before our arrival. 

 It is situated in a cleared, grass-grown space, of several 

 acres, — a high and dry, sandy plateau, at least fifteen feet 

 above the level of the lake. The southerly view from the 

 verandah, upon the lake and mountains, south and east, is 

 very fine and impressive, and is deservedly noted. White 

 Face ^Mountain can be seen distinclly, and Mt. Marcy is 

 brought into view" by going down the lake a little distance. 

 The lake is one of the largest in the wilderness. 



The junior partner of the firm of Cox <Sz Lewis, then con- 

 ducting the hotel, very kindly rowed me down the lake 

 several miles, before dinner, and I returned to the hotel 

 with the impression that I had l)een shown one of the 

 grandest parts of the water system of the Adirondacks. 



