THE OLD ADIRONDACKS 



The borders of the Adirondack Wilderness are ac- 

 cessible at various points by tolerable roads which 

 branch off from the main thoroughfares of travel. Dr. 

 Ely's Map, published by Colton, 172 William Street, 

 New York, gives minutest information as to distances, 

 interior routes, " carries," hotel and stage accommoda- 

 tion, etc., and no tourist should be without one. I 

 have found it remarkably accurate in all its details, 

 though slight corrections are sometimes necessary. 

 For immediate reference, however, the subjoined di- 

 rections will prove useful and reliable : 



From the southwest the approach is via Boonville, 

 on the Utica & Black River Railroad. A wagon-road 

 (so-called) leads directly to the Fulton chain of lakes, 

 in the very heart of what is known as " John Brown's 

 Tract " ; but it is practicable for wheels only for about 

 fourteen miles, or a little beyond Moose River. Thence 

 to Arnold's old sporting-house, eight miles, the success 

 of the journey must depend upon one's ingenuity in 

 surmounting obstacles. The difRculties of the way 

 are graphically portrayed by the pen and pencil of T. 

 B. Thorpe, in the nineteenth volume of Harper's Maga- 

 zine, though the road has been considerably improved 

 since the article was published. Some few bowlders 

 have sunk into the mud, and trunks of trees that then 

 crossed the road have rotted away, so that it is no 

 longer necessary to go around them. Consequently 

 the distance is somewhat shortened, and the road made 

 more level. From Arnold's there is a navigable water- 



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