6 PLATTSBURG ROUTE TO THE ADIRONDACKS. 



square. The entrance is twenty feet below the surface. 

 Here the traveller can take stage for Lake Dunmore, 

 which is eight miles from Brandon or Middlebury. The 

 lake is five miles long and three wide, and is surrounded 

 by bold hills. It contains plenty of fish. A good summer 

 hotel and several cottages tempt the tourist to remain. 



Middlebury College, the oldest in the State, founded 

 in 1800 (commencement the second week in August), 

 •gives a classic appearance to the pleasant town of Mid- 

 dlebury, which is situated on one of the numerous falls 

 of Otter Creek. Its principal fall, forty feet high, bears 

 . the name of the stream. It is at Vergennes, about seven 

 miles from Lake Champlain, forty-six from Rutland, and 

 twenty-one from Burlington. The Addison House, at 

 Middlebury, is a large and excellent country hotel, and a 

 favorite point of departure for a very interesting region 

 of Vermont. Lake Castelton, Beldin's Falls, Elgin Springs, 

 etc., are but a short distance away, and carriages for visiting 

 them may be had at reasonable rates. 



Vergennes was the first incorporated city in Vermont. 

 'It has several large mills. 



Before reaching Burlington, a portion of Lake Champlain 

 may be seen from the car windows, and also the Green 

 Mountains on the east, and the Adirondacks on the 

 west. 



The scenery hereabout is not to be surpassed. Bur- 

 Jington, two hundred and thirty-four miles from Boston, is a 

 pleasant city of about nine thousand inhabitants. Situated 

 on the lake, its charm to the tourist is its magnificent water 

 view, and the mountains and forests beyond. In these re- 

 spects we venture to declare it one of the finest resorts in 

 the country. From the cupola of the university, on the 

 rsummit of the hill behind the city, more than sixty moun- 

 tain-peaks can be seen. We advise the tourist to visit 



