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Next From John 3. Springer. 
"Rough granite, moss-covered rocks are spread over its 
whole surface from the short growth upward. Blueberries and cran¬ 
berries grow far up the sides. At the time of our visit considerable 
snow lay on its summit and lined the wails of the great basin. The 
party, of course, found plenty of drink. The Avaianch brook, having 
its source about the middle of the slide, furnished water pure 
as crystal. Tiie ascent was attended with some danger and fatigue. 
Butwhat a view when the utmost heights are gained. What a rnagnifieehfr 
panorama of forests, lakes, and distant mountains. The surface 
of the earth, with its many tinted verdure, resembled, in form and 
smoothness the swelling sea. In the course of the forenoon, light 
fogs from all the lakes ascended, and, coming to Ktaadn, intertwined 
themselvesmost fantastically above our heads, then settled down and 
dispersed. But what can be fitly said about the bast Expanse of the 
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heavens, to be seen from such an elevation, especially when the sun 
goes down, and the glowing stars appear in silent majesty? All the 
gorgeous , artifieal brilliancy of mails invention is more than lost 
in the comparison. Language has no power to describe a scene of 
this nature. The height of Ktaadn above the level of the sea is 
five thousand three hundred feet. Its position is isolated, and its 
structure immense curiosity. From its summit very few populous 
places are visible, so extensive is the intervening wilderness. On 
its sides the growth of wood is beautiful, presenting a regular 
