CHAPTER XXXIV. 



We took the noon train, noitlnvard, to Gaylord. the 

 northern terminus of the Juekson, Saginaw and I.ausinL!, 

 R. R. There i>rociiring- ;i team, we were conveyed din-etly 

 across the wilderness, twelv^e miles Avestward, to Elmira. 

 through a heavy forest of beach, maple and hemlock. AVc 

 saw many incipient pleasant homes and future rich farms 

 on the Avay, chopped and hewn out in the heart of the 

 wilderness. Elmira is a town consisting of a single liouse 

 in the woods, on the Grand Rapids and Indiana li. R. AVe , 

 flagged up a train and took passage to Petoskey, on Little 

 Traverse Bay. This is a wonderfully bright little town, 

 five or six j^ears old, " beautiful for situation." whence one 

 may gaze out over the blue waters of the charming Ba}', 

 and upon the distant and broader waters of Lake Michigan 

 beyond, — and dream of peace without heal, dust, or dis 

 (!omfort of any sort but a crowded hotel. 



" Bay View," a mile north, is a famous camping ground 

 oi the Methodist Episcopal Church of the West, and is I lie 

 favorite summer resort of thousands of people of all 

 denominations. 



Taking an early morning train, we retraced oui- way to 

 Boyne Falls, proceeding thence through the woods si.\ 

 miles l)y stage over a good road to Boyne, a hamlet at the 

 head of the TNortli Arm' of Pine Lake. Tlie Boyne river, 



