THE OLD ADIRONDACKS 



afford the traveller every luxury, and at the Ausable 

 House, Keeseville, there is excellent accommodation. 

 Both places are reached by steamer from Whitehall 

 and Burlington, and also by railroad from Montreal. 

 Tourists often take the Keeseville route in order to 

 visit the celebrated chasm of the Ausable River, a 

 magnificent mountain-gorge of most romantic effects 

 and picturesque scenery. There is also a route to 

 Saranac Lake from this point, which passes through 

 Wilmington Notch and skirts the base of " White- 

 face Mountain," and thence continues on through North 

 Elba, where may be seen the tomb of John Brown, of 

 Harper's Ferry renown. There is a road to the top of 

 " Whiteface," whence can be had an illimitable view 

 of the Wilderness. This route altogether affords the 

 most remarkable and varied scenery to be found in 

 the Adirondacks; and a visit will well repay those 

 lovers of nature who have never yet " wet a line " or 

 " drawn a bead on a deer." 



By the other route there is a romantic bit of scenery 

 at the Franklin Falls of the Saranac ; but its natural 

 charms are disfigured by one of those utilitarian im- 

 provements, a saw-mill. Here is the " half-way house," 

 where passengers for Smith's and Martin's dine. Two 

 seasons ago, while indulging in a post-prandial cigar, I 

 took the trouble to count the names on the little hotel 

 register, and found that they numbered 1,500 ! and 

 the season was only half over. These, however, in- 

 cluded those going out as well as those going in. 



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