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celebrated their glories for decades. They 

 lie in easy folds for the walker, since one 

 can see the best of them without that 

 return upon his track which to the hurried 

 is a disadvantage. Take boat over Lake 

 Winnepesaukee (excuse the sensible spell- 

 ing ; they usually write it, as they do not 

 pronounce it, Winnepeseogee) to Centre 

 Harbor, climb Red Hill, cross into the 

 Pemigewasset Valley, go northward, visit- 

 ing the Pool, the Flume, Echo Lake, the 

 Profile, scaling Bald Mountain and perhaps 

 Mount Lafayette, and passing on in the 

 shadow of vast precipices. Now turn east 

 through farms and burned woods, and 

 ascend the valley of the Ammonoosuc. 

 Go over to Jefferson and ascend Mount 

 Starr King. Cross a shoulder of the Presi- 

 dential range and go up Mount Washing- 

 ton, by carriage road if you are portly, or 

 by Tuckerman's Ravine if you are lithe and 

 delight in difficulties. Then descend by 

 the Crawford bridle-path, a glorious high- 

 way, a mile up in the air, along the tops 

 of the range, and so into the deep and 

 craggy Notch, viewing it for a memorable 



