XXXIV. 



MOUNTAIN SCENERY — A PICTURE FOR A PAINTER — A 

 ROAD WORTH SEEING — A NEW ROUTE TO MOUNT 

 TAHAWUS AND THE INDIAN PASS — SCOTT — A DIS- 

 COURSE ON LONELINESS. 



Scott's Clearing, July 10th. 

 Dear H : 



The little clearing is destined, in my opinion, to be 

 as well known in a few years as Catskill Mountains 

 or the White Mountains of New Hampshire. I had 

 never heard of it before, and am surprised that its 

 peculiar location has not attracted more attention. A 

 man by the name of Scott has cleared a piece of 

 land here, with no neighbor within two miles of him. 

 It is on a high plateau, right in the very heart of 

 the Adirondack peaks. You are surrounded, as in 

 some of the little Alpine valleys, with the most 

 imposing mountain masses. Mount Tahawus, like 



