Brook Falls (50 feet high), a short distance from the road. Luncheon will be 
served at Mr. Healy’s house on the Ridge at about noon, or a little later, 
after which the start will be made for the camps. These are three and one- 
half miles distant, nearly three miles being over a buckboard road where 
most of the members may prefer to walk, both for pleasure and in order to 
botanize. 
The eleven cabins at the pond, built of logs, are comfortable, clean, 
dry and well-ventilated. The clearing is bounded on three sides by the 
unbroken forest, and on the northeast by Rowe Pond, on which good and 
serviceable boats are kept for the use of guests. This beautiful sheet of 
water is about one and one-quarter miles long and is 1,206 feet above sea- 
level. Four smaller ponds are within easy reach. Bean Pond to the north¬ 
east and Clear (or Mill) Pond to the southward are each about three-quarters 
of a mile distant. Jewett Pond to the northwest is so close to the foot (or 
“Basin”) of Rowe Pond, that it is almost a continuation of it, while the 
small and bog-bordered Brandy Pond, abounding in water-plants, is hardly 
two hundred yards from the main pond, to the northward. All are reached 
by good trails starting at different points on the shore of Rowe Pond. 
VIEW FROM BASIN, LOOKING THROUGH NARROWS 
The old “Canada Road,” long since abandoned, can still be followed as 
a trail through the forest. At one point it is scarcely one hundred feet from 
the western shore of Jewett Pond. It usually affords good botanizing. 
About three and one-half miles away, to the northwest, are the Carry Ponds 
Camps. Parties desiring to visit these, or to make any other extended trip 
into the forest, can obtain guides at reasonable rates at the Rowe Ponds 
Camps. Each member is advised to bring a pocket compass. 
The meeting will continue until Friday or Saturday morning, when 
members can leave in time to get the afternoon train from Bingham. 
RATES. 
M. C. R. R. One and three-quarters cents per mile (to Oakland), from 
the following stations: Portland, Cumberland, Lewiston, Wilton, Farming- 
ton, Readfield, Brunswick, Gardiner, Hallowed, Augusta, Waterville, Fair- 
field, Skowhegan, Bangor, Orono, Ellsworth, Washington Junction and 
Machias. Tickets will be sold from the 2nd to the 6th, and will be good for 
return until July 10th. 
SOMERSET RAILWAY. Oakland to Bingham and return, the regu¬ 
lar rate of $1.90. 
BINGHAM HOTEL. Supper, lodging and breakfast, July 2-3, $1.50 
for one in a room; $1.25 for two in a room. 
MR. HEALY’S TEAMS. Bingham to Rowe Pond and return, includ¬ 
ing luncheon on July 3, and transportation of baggage, $2.25. 
This rate applies only to members who go and return at the times 
mentioned above. Those who intend going either earlier or later should write 
Mr. A. L. Healy (P. O. address, Bingham, Me.), of their intentions at least 
three days in advance. 
ROWE PONDS CAMPS. Not over $1.25 per day, including boat. 
The wilderness is calling us. 
We cannot answer “nay”; 
We’ll gladly leave the dusty streets 
For this, a holiday. 
Beneath the leafy canopy. 
Where soughs the woodland breeze. 
We’ll wander o’er the winding trails 
Among the forest trees. 
And breathe, in Nature’s solitude, 
That balsam-scented air. 
For which we yearly long and wait, 
Though often unaware. 
