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accompanied the party and succeeded in obtaining some ex- 
_ cellent stereoscopic and other views of the mountain and its 
surroundings, 
From Bangor we proceeded by rail to Mattawamkeag, 
thence thirty-five miles by stage to Sherman. From the lat- 
ter place we were carried with our baggage, by private con- 
veyance through Stacyville to. ‘‘Hunt’s Farm’’, on the banks 
of the East Branch, a distance of ten miles. An excellent 
guide was procured at Stacyville, in the person of Mr. J. C. 
Stacy, a gentleman who very faithfully served us on a similar 
excursion the year before. 
we traversed on foot. There was a good logging road to 
within two or three miles of the mountain,’ so that our walk 
was not a severe one. Indeed a person might ride on a sure- 
footed horse the greater part of the distance. Within the 
first six miles we twice forded the Wissatiquoik River, wae 
eth 
and near the close of the third day from Bangor we arrived 
= the foot of grand old Kataadn, with its naked summit 
Majestically towering directly above us. After a good night's 
rest and an early breakfast we prepared for the real labor of 
ur excursion, that of the ascent, but with it came the real 
€njoyment which we so long held in anticipation. 
ithout a load one may ascend the mountain from the foot 
of the eastern spur, or ‘‘ridge’’ as it is termed, and return in 
a day, _ But a person unused to such scenery will form but a 
