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it would seem if we should have to give it up after 

 eighteen summers without a break. 



There is a balm for every ill, and a row boat is next to 

 a phaeton, while camping is an indescribable pleasure to 

 those who like it. We do, and joined the first party of 

 ladies who camped in this vicinity. The delightful 

 recollections of our tent life by Wachusett Lake have 

 intensified as time went on, and one year ago they 

 seemed to culminate when the A. family purchased an 

 acre of land by Spec pond, and built a camping cottage. 



Probably there are very few Transcript readers who 

 know there is such a lovely spot in the world as Spec, for 

 you cannot see it unless you go where it is. 



The passing traveler on the highway would never sus- 

 pect that these little wood roads lead to such a lovely 

 sheet of water, clear and very deep, a half mile perhaps 

 from shore to shore, and so thickly wooded all around 

 that all you can see of the outer world is just the tip of 

 Wachusett from one place in the pond. Almost adjoin- 

 ing, although entirely hidden, is another pond known as 

 "Little Spec." Spectacle Pond is the correct but never- 

 used name of these waters, about four miles from Leom- 

 inster, and indeed, four miles from everywhere — Lancas- 

 ter, Harvard, Shirley or Lunenburg. 



Now you know about the pond you may be interested 

 in the cottage, which is reached by a private winding 

 road through the woods after leaving the highway, or by 

 a long flight of easy steps from the little wharf. A clear- 

 ing was made large enough for the cottage, which is sim- 

 ple in construction, but all a true camper could wish in 

 comfort and convenience. There is one large room, and 



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