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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



July, 1907 



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 beauty, 

 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 



