Down North and Up Along 
with their fleecy uncut grass exquisitely inter- 
mingled with golden-rod, aster, and ever- 
lasting. 
" ^Qx'i'gomish ! " Sandy's pleasant, sonorous 
voice announced the getting-off place for the 
village which is not in sight, but which we hope 
is as attractive as its name, lying as it does at 
the mouth of the deep-blue bay that comes 
close enough for us to admire. 
^tngomish ! One should hear Sandy an- 
nounce this, to get an idea of what the word 
can contain of joyousness and jollity. It rings 
out the merriest of any towns' names I ever 
heard; and if yitv'igomish is half as agreeable 
as the sound of its name as delivered by Sandy 
the brakeman, I for one should like to live 
there. 
Beyond Merigomish the mountains rise close 
at hand. They are not grand or terrifying, but 
they ascend with an ample serenity that is 
restful. They are wooded for the most part 
with spruces and firs, lightened, however, by ex- 
panses of bright-green deciduous trees. One 
needs evergreens to bring out the quality of 
the lighter greens, and also by their severity of 
form to give character to the nearer hills. In 
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