110 OCEAN TO OCEAN ON HORSEBACK. 



As it was, the novelty of being lost, which was my ex- 

 perience on this occasion, had its advantages, for a 

 wanderer in the Berkshire Hills finds mnch to suit the 

 fancy and to please the eye. At six o'clock, notwith- 

 standing the delay, we came into Becket, where Edwin 

 Lee, the proprietor of the hotel of the place, told me I 

 was the only guest. 



Becket is an enterprising little village, thirty-seven 

 miles northwest of Springfield, having a graded 

 school and several manufactories. The scenery through- 

 out the region is rugged and attractive • a charming 

 characteristic of the Bay State. 



Seceutl) 5Dap. 



Berkshire Ifouse, 

 PiTTSFiELD, Massachusetts, 

 3fay Fifteenth. 



Rode away from Becket at eight o'clock in the 

 morning, and on the way found it necessary to favor 

 Paul in this day's ride; so I dismounted and walked 

 several miles. This was not a disagreeable task, for 

 my journey lay over the picturesque Hoosac Mountains 

 whose wooded sides and fertile valleys were almost a 

 fairyland of loveliness at this season. Owing to this 

 delay, Pittsfield was not reached until one o'clock. 

 Here I delivered my fourth lecture at the Academy 

 of Music, Captain Brewster, commander of the Pitts- 

 field Post, G. Aj. R., introducing me. 



Berkshire House, 

 Pittsfield, Massachusetts, 



May Sixteenth. 



Spent the morning at the " Berkshire," posting my 

 journal and attending to private and business corre- 



