4 PLATTSBURG ROUTE TO THE ADIRONDACKS. 



we keep company as far as Proctorsville. Here, as well as 

 at Ludlow, beyond Proctorsville, are large woollen-mills. 

 One cannot help remarking the many mountain streams 

 that burst into view for a moment as we whirl past. They 

 are said to abound in trout, which makes them all the more 

 attractive to the piscatory pleasure-seeker. 



At Mount Holley there is a large maple grove, where 

 great quantities of syrup and sugar are made, as is the case, 

 in fact, all through this section of Vermont. 



After leaving Cuttingsville, and within a mile of Claren- 

 don, on the left of the road, a beautiful stream may be 

 seen; and if the traveller Avill watch carefully where it 

 makes an abrupt turn, it will disappear in the most roman- 

 tic and weird-like gorge that can be imagined. 



Tennyson's beautiful lines seem peculiarly applicable to 

 this stream : — 



" I creep aboiit, and in and ont, 

 Among my willows sailing, 

 With here and there a lusty trout 

 , And here and there a gi-aj-ling. 

 I chatter, chatter as I flow 

 To join the brimming river; 

 For men may come and men may go, 

 Biit /go on forever." 



The road is in excellent order, and should the train be 

 taken at niglit, and a sleeping-car be desired, the traveller 

 Avill find a comfortable bed to repose upon, and arrive at 

 his journey's end refreshed for the day's adventures. 



We have now ridden fifty-three miles since leaving Bel- 

 lows Falls, and find ourselves in the fine large depot at 

 Rutland, which is the point of arrival and departure of the 

 trains on the Rutland and Saratoga and Bennington and 

 Rutland Railroads from Troy, Albany, Saratoga, Benning- 

 ton, and New York. Connections are also made here for 

 Burlington, St. Albans,, Plattsburg, and all places on Lake 



