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  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  July, 
  1907 
  

  

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  Rock 
  Ledge," 
  Mr. 
  Roses 
  Camp, 
  Is 
  Constructed 
  of 
  Log 
  Slabs 
  

  

  the 
  deer 
  which 
  browse 
  beside 
  it, 
  the 
  bears 
  which 
  lap 
  its 
  cool 
  

   waters, 
  and 
  here 
  and 
  there 
  a 
  stray 
  fisherman, 
  the 
  lonely 
  

   stream 
  ripples 
  and 
  eddies 
  and 
  murmurs 
  in 
  utter 
  solitude. 
  

  

  " 
  You 
  fellers 
  from 
  the 
  country 
  — 
  you 
  keep 
  away 
  from 
  town, 
  

  

  If 
  you 
  don't 
  want 
  to 
  unsettle 
  things 
  and 
  get 
  us 
  upside 
  down; 
  

   For 
  you 
  always 
  leave 
  a 
  memory 
  of 
  the 
  meadows 
  and 
  the 
  stream, 
  

   And 
  I 
  straightway 
  get 
  to 
  wishin' 
  and 
  to 
  fishin' 
  in 
  my 
  dreams." 
  

  

  The 
  "Wedding 
  of 
  the 
  Waters" 
  takes 
  place 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  

   "Moonhaw 
  Lodge," 
  where 
  two 
  of 
  these 
  streams 
  greet 
  each 
  

   other 
  and 
  pass 
  on 
  as 
  one. 
  

  

  It 
  took 
  my 
  host, 
  the 
  Hon. 
  Charles 
  T. 
  Coutant, 
  of 
  Kings- 
  

   ton, 
  N. 
  Y., 
  in 
  his 
  wanderings 
  through 
  the 
  mountains 
  to 
  dis- 
  

   cover 
  this 
  great 
  beauty 
  spot 
  in 
  nature, 
  and 
  as 
  he 
  was 
  so 
  

   greatly 
  impressed 
  with 
  its 
  infinite 
  treasures 
  of 
  natural 
  beauiy, 
  

   he 
  immediately 
  purchased 
  the 
  property 
  in 
  its 
  entirety, 
  and 
  

   decided 
  to 
  convert 
  it 
  into 
  a 
  handsome 
  mountain 
  park 
  to 
  

   exceed 
  in 
  beauty 
  anything 
  of 
  its 
  kind 
  in 
  that 
  celebrated 
  sec- 
  

   tion. 
  He 
  has 
  built 
  roads, 
  cobblestone 
  and 
  rustic 
  bridges, 
  

   and 
  has 
  thrown 
  rough 
  stone 
  walls 
  across 
  the 
  streams 
  to 
  

   retard 
  some 
  of 
  their 
  rapid 
  progress, 
  thereby 
  forming 
  myriads 
  

   of 
  small 
  waterfalls, 
  terminating 
  into 
  a 
  pool 
  beyond 
  the 
  

   bridge, 
  at 
  the 
  foot 
  of 
  the 
  glen. 
  

  

  " 
  Not 
  real 
  still 
  stillness 
  but 
  just 
  the 
  trees' 
  

   Low 
  whisperings 
  or 
  the 
  hum 
  of 
  bees, 
  

   A 
  brook's 
  faint 
  babbling 
  over 
  stones 
  

   In 
  strangely, 
  softly 
  tangled 
  tones." 
  

  

  "Moonhaw 
  Lodge" 
  is 
  built 
  upon 
  the 
  original 
  camping 
  site 
  

   of 
  the 
  old 
  Moonhaw 
  chief. 
  Just 
  before 
  reaching 
  the 
  Lodge, 
  

   one 
  stops 
  and 
  admires 
  the 
  great 
  bridge, 
  which 
  is 
  built 
  of 
  

   selected 
  cobblestone 
  taken 
  from 
  the 
  grounds 
  of 
  the 
  estate. 
  

   On 
  one 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  bridge 
  is 
  a 
  wall 
  fountain 
  supplied 
  by 
  a 
  

   cooling 
  stream, 
  which 
  affords 
  water 
  for 
  beast, 
  bird 
  and 
  man. 
  

   This 
  cobblestone 
  work 
  leads 
  along 
  in 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  a 
  fence 
  to 
  

   the 
  steps 
  that 
  follow 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  Lodge, 
  which 
  is 
  perched 
  on 
  

   an 
  incline 
  at 
  the 
  fork 
  of 
  the 
  road 
  and 
  rivers. 
  The 
  Lodge 
  has 
  

   a 
  cobblestone 
  chimney 
  built 
  on 
  the 
  exterior 
  of 
  the 
  building, 
  

   which 
  is 
  the 
  chief 
  feature 
  of 
  the 
  outside 
  walls. 
  The 
  exterior 
  

   walls 
  are 
  covered 
  with 
  matched 
  sheathing, 
  good 
  building 
  

   paper 
  and 
  shingles 
  left 
  to 
  weather 
  finish, 
  while 
  the 
  trim- 
  

   mings 
  are 
  painted 
  red. 
  The 
  roof 
  is 
  covered 
  with 
  shingles 
  

   and 
  stained 
  a 
  deep 
  Indian 
  red. 
  After 
  passing 
  across 
  the 
  

   piazza, 
  which 
  extends 
  across 
  the 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  Lodge, 
  the 
  

   entrance 
  is 
  reached. 
  The 
  interior 
  is 
  arranged 
  with 
  one 
  large 
  

   room 
  in 
  the 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  house 
  and 
  a 
  kitchen 
  placed 
  in 
  the 
  

   rear, 
  while 
  the 
  second 
  floor 
  contains 
  the 
  sleeping-rooms. 
  

  

  The 
  Cobblestone 
  Steps 
  and 
  Chimney 
  Are 
  Interesting 
  Features 
  of 
  the 
  Camp 
  

  

  