THE ALLEGHANIES. 



'HE Alleghanies are a continuation of that mountain- 

 chain or dividing ridge, which begins in the Cana- 

 dian district of Gaspe, in latitude 49, forms the 

 natural boundary between Maine and Canada on the 

 west, and is continued through the Green Mountains 

 of Vermont, the Adirondack chain and water-sheds of New 

 York and Pennsylvania to Virginia. Here joining the Blue 

 Eidge and Cumberland range, they form a triple chain which 

 extends in parallel lines through North Carolina, Tennes- 

 see, Northern Georgia and Alabama, to Mississippi, in lati- 

 tude 33. 



Throughout all this mountain region the speckled trout 

 inhabit, and the great lake trout dwell. 



Halcyon days have I passed at Lake George. What tongue 

 has ever failed to sing the praises of its azure mountains and 

 crystal depths ? What artist has not transferred to canvas bits 

 of its enchanting scenery the islets that gem the Narrows, 

 the lovely seclusion of the Hague, or the sharply-cut out- 

 lines of " Elephant Mountain" ? Has he not even essayed to 

 paint the hallowed stillness of Sabbath Day Point ? Is not 

 their name legion, and are not their cosy, vine-draped sum- 

 mer homes scattered along its romantic shores ? Do they 

 not nestle in its glens and shady nooks ? And the artists, 

 are they not seen daily on sultry mornings, sitting under 



