into a half circle. 
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Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad, four | 
hundred and ninety-four miles from Cin- 
cinnati, Ohio, situated on the south side 
of Little Traverse Bay, at the foot of 
high bluffs, having a water front of one 
and a quarter miles, and extending in- 
land about the same distance. 
Little Traverse Bay is about nine 
miles long; from a width of six miles at 
the mouth, the undulating shores grad- 
TENTING IN THE woODs. 
ually approach each other until only two 
miles apart, tnrning upon a com non cen- 
tre, and forming the head of the bay 
The bay is here en- 
e'o ed by hightable lands or higher, 
hills that approach the water in a sue- 
cession of natural terraces or abrupt bluffs, 
which apparently having been crowded 
back from the water’s edge by tlie for- 
mative process, arranged themselves into 
one vast amphitheatre, having au cleva- 
tion of two hundred feet from the sur- 
face of the bay. In the centre of this 
stands Petosk:y, at an elevation of fifty 
feet above the water. From this  oint 
the ground rises gradually in all direc- 
tions to the natural limits of the town, 
thus giving to every one alike the bene- 
_fits of the m'Id and invigorating breezes, 
and opening to all the beautiful views. of 
lake, bay, and opposite shore. 
From the south, Bear Creek comes 
tumbling merribly along, as though glad. 
to be released, and bounds laughingly 
into the bay near the old Indian council- 
grounds. ‘The current of this 
stream is very rapid, and the 
excellent water - power has 
been utilized by several firms 
for the manufacture of various 
articles, 
Charles Hallock, Esq., au- 
thor of “ Camp Life in Flori- 
da,” speaks of Petoskey in the 
followirg pleasing mannner : 
“If we are out in a boat 
on the bay and look in toward 
the land, we perceive that Pe- 
toskey occupies a series of 
picturesque undulations that 
spread out on either hand, and 
rise to the rear in the form of 
an amphitheatre. <A _ lofty 
limestone cliff flanks the town 
on the west. Its top is crown- 
| ed with trees, among which are discov- 
ered the tents of many vacation tourists 
who are camping out. Behind them 
rises an overtopping eminence, dotted 
with pretentious villas of wealthy resi- 
dents. From the verge of this cliff the 
outlook is superb. Across, five miles 
distant, is the ridge of hills that line the 
opposite side of the Little Traverse 
Bay. ‘These sweep round in a symme- 
trical curve to the head of the bay two 
miles to the right, and then follow the 
hither shore until they rise end termi- 
uate in the cliff on which we stand. 
“All along in that direetion, as far 
