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used ill writing. It lies upon and in a strata with the yellow 

 beach sand, and may be collected in great abundance. Such 

 sand is commonly sold, when put up in pound papers, at six cents 

 each. To obtain large quantities, it might be scooped up with 

 shovels, and afterward separated from the yellow sand by power- 

 ful magnets." Take your knife-blade, when charged with the 

 magnet, and immerse it in your sand-box, and quantities will ad- 

 here to it, leaving whatever is foreign to itself. "Mount Kineo, 

 to which allusion has already been made, has the appearance of 

 a huge artificial wall of stone rising directly out of the water on 

 the eastern side of the lake, opposite the mouth of Moose K-iver." 

 " "We paddled under its cliffs, which jutted out over our heads at 

 a height of five or six hundred feet. Below, they descend perpen- 

 dicularly ninety feet. The northern and western sides are cov- 

 ered with trees, and slope so that one can reach the top by a path 

 along the edge of the precipice. From its summit is enjoyed a 

 beautiful prospect of the lake, with its islands, and of the adjoin- 

 ing country, forming a most picturesque landscape. The coun- 

 try, to the northward and westward, is generally low. Moose 

 River is seen making its way through it, and finally emptying 

 into the lake on the opposite side. To the eastward the country 

 is more hilly, until the view is lost among the mountains of the 

 Ktaadn group. On looking dowai from the edge of the preci- 

 pice, we see the water directly beneath ; and so steep and over- 

 hanging is the rock, that by a single leap one might throw him- 

 self from almost the highest point, and strike the water six hund- 

 red feet below, and many feet distant from the base of the mount- 

 ain. Mount Kineo receives its name from that of an old Indian 

 who formerly lived and hunted in its vicinity." 



The most striking feature of the Kennebeck is derived from the 

 well-cultivated and beautiful country through which its waters 

 flow. "From Anson to Bath," a distance of about eighty miles, 

 it passes through a particularly well-cultivated section, present- 



