Chapter X: The Great Northern Peaks (2)

ITINERARY OF A WALKING TOUR.--Two weeks of fine weather will enable a good pedestrian to traverse the mountains from Plymouth to North Conway, or _vice versa_, following the great highways throughout the whole journey, and giving time to see what is on the route. Good hotel accommodation will be found at the end of each day. Should bad weather unsettle his plans, he will nearly always be able to avail himself of regular stage or railway conveyance for a less or greater distance. Thus: First day, Plymouth to Woodstock (dine at Sanborn's, West Campton), 16 miles; second day, Flume House (visiting Flume and Pool), 8 miles; third day, Profile House (visiting Basin and "Old Man"), 5-1/2 miles; fourth day, Bethlehem (_via_ Echo Lake and Franconia), 9 miles; fifth day, Whitefield, 8 miles; sixth day, East Jefferson, 13 miles; seventh day, Glen House, 14 miles; eighth day, for vicinity of Glen House; ninth day, Summit of Mount Washington by carriage-road, 8 miles; tenth day, descent by mountain railway to Crawford's, 13 miles; eleventh day, through the Notch to Bartlett, 13 miles; twelfth day, Jackson and vicinity, 9 miles; thirteenth day, North Conway, 8 miles. Total, 124 miles.

_Advice for Climbers._--Don't hurry when on a level road--keep your strength for the ascent. Always take the long route up a mountain, if it be the easier one. Be careful where you plant the foot in gullied trails or on icy ledges--a sprain is a serious matter if you are alone. Carry in your pocket a flask, fitted with a tumbler or cup; matches that will ignite in the wind, half a dozen cakes of pitch-kindling, a good glass, and a luncheon; in your hand a stout walking-stick; and upon your feet shoes that can be trusted--none of your gimcracks--but broad-soled ones, shod with steel nails. On a long march a rubber overcoat, a haversack, and an umbrella will be needed. Cold tea slakes thirst more effectually than water; but when you are exposed to wet and cold something stronger will be found useful. Should you have a palpitation of the heart, or an inclination to vertigo, do not climb at all. Take quiet rambles instead. My word for it, they are better for you than scaling breathless ascents or looking down over dizzy precipices. If you feel nausea, stop at once until you recover from it. If caught on the Crawford trail between Mounts Clinton and Washington, go back to the hut on the first-named mountain.

_Newspapers for Tourists_, at Bethlehem (_The Echo_) and on the Summit (_Among the Clouds_) are published during the season of travel, giving hotel arrivals, information concerning rail and stage routes, excursions, and whatever may be of interest to the summer population in general.

Telegraphic and telephone communication may be had at all the principal hotels and railway-stations.

The Appalachian Mountain Club prints every year a periodical made up of scientific and literary contributions from its members. Address the club at Boston.

_Trout_, _pickerel_, and _black bass_ are found in all the mountain waters. The State stocks the ponds and streams with trout, bass, and salmon from its breeding-houses at Plymouth. Fishing legally begins May 1. There is good trout-fishing on Swift River (Albany), with Conway for head-quarters. From Jackson, or Glen House, the Wildcat and Ellis are both good trout streams; so are Nineteen-Mile Brook and the West Branch of Peabody; but the Wild River region (from Shelburne, Glen House, or Jackson) affords better sport, because less visited. To go in from Jackson or Glen House a guide will be necessary, and Davis, of Jackson, is a good one. From Jefferson and Randolph the upper waters of the Moose, and Israel's River (especially in the Mount Jefferson ravine), are fished with good success. E. A. Crawford, of East Jefferson, knows the best spots. From Bartlett there should be good fishing on Sawyer's River, above the Livermore mills. Consult Frank George, the veteran landlord of the Bartlett House. From Crawford's the best fishing-ground is Ethan's Pond, behind Mount Willey. At Franconia the writer has seen some fine strings brought from the Copper-mine Brook (back of Mount Kinsman). Fair fishing may also be had on Lafayette Brook--ask Charles Edson, of the Edson House. Profile Lake is stocked with trout for the benefit of guests of the hotel. The upper streams of the Pemigewasset are all good fishing-ground. Apply to Mr. D. P. Pollard, North Woodstock, or Merrill Greeley, Waterville. The houses of both are resorted to by experienced fishermen who track the East Branch or Mad River tributaries. Pickerel and bass are caught in Lakes Winnipiseogee, Squam, Chocorua, Ossipee, and Silver, besides scores of ponds lying chiefly in the lake region.

N.B.--Those going exclusively to fish should go early in the season for the best sport.

_Guides._--The landlords will either accompany you or procure a suitable person.

_Camping Out._--A wall tent is preferable, but two persons get along comfortably in one of the "A" pattern. Get one with the fly, which can be spread behind the tent, thus giving an additional room, in which the cooking and eating may be done under cover. Set up your tent where there is natural drainage--where the surface water will run off during wet weather. Dig a shallow trench around it, on the outside, for this purpose, and if you can obtain them, lay boards for a floor. A kerosene-oil stove, with its utensils, folding cot-bed, camp-chairs, and mess-chest, containing dishes (tin is best), constitute a complete outfit, to be reduced according to convenience or pleasure. To make a woods-man's camp, first set up two crotched posts five feet high, and six or eight apart (according to number). On these lay a pole. From this pole three or four others extend to the ground. Then cut brush or bark for the roof and sides, and build your fire in front. For a camp of this sort a hatchet and packet of matches only are necessary. But always pitch your encampment in the vicinity of wood and water.

_Mount Washington Railway._--Length, from base to summit, 3 miles. Rise in the three miles, 3,625 feet. Steepest grade, 13-1/2 inches in three feet, or 1980 feet to the mile. Begun in 1866; completed in 1869.

_Mount Washington Carriage-road._--Length, 8 miles. Average grade, one foot in eight. Steepest grade, one foot in six. Begun in 1855; finished in 1861.

_Mount Washington Signal Station._--The Summit was first occupied for scientific purposes in the winter of 1870-'71. Since then it has been attached to the Weather Bureau at Washington, and occupied by men detailed from the United States Signal Corps, the men volunteering for the service.

ALTITUDES.--The following list of altitudes of the more important and well-known points has been compiled from the publications of the Geological Survey of New Hampshire and of the Appalachian Mountain Club. The figures in =heavy-face= type are the results either of actual levelling or of trigonometrical survey, while the remainder depend upon barometrical measurement. Where the mean of two not widely-differing authorities is given, the fact is denoted by the letter "_m_" preceding the figures:

MOUNTAIN SUMMITS.

Adams-----_m_ 5785
Ascutney (Vermont)-----3186
Black (Sandwich Dome)-----=3999=
Boott's Spur-----5524
Cannon-----3850
Carrigain-----_m_ 4651
Carter Dome-----_m_ 4827
Chocorua-----3540
Clay-----5553
Clinton-----_m_ 4315
Crawford-----3134
Giant's Stairs-----3500
Gunstock-----=2394=
Iron-----_about_ 2000
Jefferson-----5714
Kearsarge, S. (Merrimack County)-----=2943=
Kearsarge, N. (Carroll County)-----=3251=
Lafayette-----=5259=
Madison-----_m_ 5350
Moat (North peak)-----3200
Monadnock-----_m_ 3177
Monroe-----_m_ 5375
Moosilauke-----=4811=
Moriah-----4653
Osceola-----_m_ 4408
Passaconnaway-----4200
Percy (North peak)-----3336
Pleasant (Great range)-----_m_ 4768
Pleasant (Maine)-----=2021=
Starr King-----_m_ 3872
Twin-----_about_ 5000
Washington-----=6293=
Webster-----4000
Whiteface-----=4007=
Willey-----4300

VILLAGES AND HOTELS.

Bartlett (Upper)-----=660=
Bethlehem (Sinclair House)-----_m_ 1454
Franconia-----921
Crawford House-----=1899=
Fabyan "-----1571
Flume "-----1431
Glen "-----=1632=
Gorham-----=812=
Jackson-----759
Jefferson Hill-----1440
Jefferson Highlands (Mt. Adams House)-----1648
Lancaster-----=870=
North Conway-----=521=
Plymouth-----=473=
Profile House-----1974
Sugar Hill (Post Office)-----1351
Waterville (Greeley's Hotel)-----_m_ 1544
Willey House-----=1323=

NOTCHES.

Carter Notch-----3240
Cherry Mt. Road (summit)-----_m_ 2180
Crawford or White Mt. Notch-----=1914=
Dixville Notch-----1831
Franconia Notch-----_m_ 2015
Pinkham Notch (south of Glen House)-----2018
Carrigain Notch-----2465

MISCELLANEOUS.

Ammonoosuc Sta. (base of Mt. Washington)-----=2668=
Camp of Appalachian Mountain Club, on the
-----Mt. Adams path-----3307
Echo Lake (Franconia)-----_m_ 1928
Lake of the Clouds-----5053
Lake Winnipiseogee-----=500=

_Distant Points Visible from Mount Washington_ (taken from "Appalachia").--Mount Megantic (Canada), 86 miles, seen between Jefferson and Adams; Mount Carmel, 65 miles, just over Mount Adams; Saddleback, 60 miles, head of Rangely Lakes; Mount Abraham, 68 miles, N., 47° E.; Ebene Mountain, 135 miles, vicinity of Moosehead Lake (rarely seen, even with a telescope); Mount Blue, 57 miles, near Farmington, Me.; Sebago Lake, 43 miles, over Mount Doublehead; Portland, 67 miles, over Lake Sebago; Mount Agamenticus, 79 miles, between Kearsarge and Moat Mountains; Isles of Shoals, 96 miles, to the right of Agamenticus (rarely seen); Mount Monadnock, 104 miles, between Carrigain and Sandwich Dome; Mount Ascutney (Vt.), 81 miles, S., 45° W.; Killington Peaks (near Rutland, Vt.), 88 miles, on the horizon between Moosilauk and Lincoln; Camel's Hump (Vt), 78 miles, over Bethlehem Street; Mount Whiteface (Adirondack chain, N.Y.), 130 miles, over the right slope of Camel's Hump; Mount Mansfield (highest of Green Mountains), 77 miles, between Twin Mountain House and Mount Deception; Mount Wachusett (Mass.), 126 miles, is also visible under favorable conditions, just to the right of Whiteface (N. H.).

MOUNTAIN PATHS. [Those with an asterisk (*) were built by the Appalachian Mountain Club.] _Chocorua._--There are three or four paths. The best leads from the Hammond Farm, 2-1/2 miles from the Chocorua Lake House, and 14 miles from North Conway. The ascent, as far as the foot of the final peak, is feasible for ladies. From this point the easiest way is to flank the peak to the left until an old watercourse is reached, which may be followed nearly to the summit.

*_Moat._--An old path leads from the Swift River road to the summit of the South Peak. Another, from the clearings on an old road which extends along the base of the South Peak, leads to the top of the middle ridge; but the best path for tourists is the one from Diana's Baths, on Cedar Brook, following the stream to the foot of the ridge, thence over the ridge to the summit of the North Peak. Path well made, and plainly marked with signs and cairns; about 3-1/2 miles in length.

*_Middle Mountain, North Conway._--Beginning at the ice-ponds near Artists' Falls House, the path extends around the base of Peaked Mountain, thence to the bare ledges which reach to the summit. Distance, 1-5/8 miles. Path well marked, and the view very beautiful.

_Kearsarge, North Conway._--A bridle-path starts from a farm-house near Kearsarge Village, and extends to the summit. Distance, nearly 3 miles. Route plain, and not difficult.

*_Mount Bartlett._--The path starts near the Pequawket House, Lower Bartlett, follows old logging roads for some distance, runs thence directly to the summit. From the summit the path extends along the ridge until it joins the bridle-path to Kearsarge.

*_Carrigain._--The route leads from the mills at Livermore, which are reached by a road leaving the P. & O. R.R. at Livermore Station. From the mills, logging roads are followed--crossing Duck Pond and Carrigain Brooks--to the base; thence by a plain path through a fine forest to "Burnt Hat Ridge," from which it is only a short distance to the summit.

From mills to summit is about 5 miles. Station to mills, 2 miles.

*_Livermore-Waterville Path._--This is intended for a bridle-path. Starting from the mills at Livermore, a logging-road is followed nearly two miles on the southerly side of Sawyer's River. Here the path begins and runs along the north-west base of Green's Cliff, crosses Swift River at a beautiful fall, thence through the Notch south of Mount Kancamagus to Greeley's, in Waterville. The path is well marked by painted signs. Distance from Livermore to Swift River, 5 miles; to Greeley's, 12 miles.

*_Mount Willey._--Path leaves the P. & O. R.R. a little south of Willey Station. The rise is rapid until the Brook Kedron is reached; this brook is then followed to its source, thence the path leads direct to the summit. Distance, 1-1/2 miles. The climb is steep; but the view unsurpassed.

_Crawford Bridle-path_ leads from the Crawford House to the summit of Washington. Path is plain, and the travelling along the ridge is easy; but it is not in condition for horses. See pp. 325, 326.

*_Carter Notch._--Path begins near the end of the Wildcat Valley road, about 5-1/2 miles from Jackson; thence it follows the valley of the brook to the ponds in the Notch. From the ponds it follows Nineteen Mile Brook to the clearing back of the Glen House. The travelling is easy; the view in the Notch grand.

Distance from the road to the ponds, about 4 miles; from the ponds to the Glen House, about the same.

*_Carter Dome._--The path starts from the larger pond in the Notch, and is well marked to the summit. It is very steep, and about 1-1/2 miles in length.

_Great Gulf._--A path beginning near the Glen House goes through this gorge. From the end of the path the carriage-road or railroad on Mount Washington may be reached by a severe climb up the side of the ravine.

_Tuckerman's Ravine._--The Glen House path leaves the Mount Washington carriage-road about 2 miles up, then crosses through the forest to Hermit Lake.

*_Via Crystal Cascade._--The Mountain Club path begins about 3 miles from the Glen House, on the Jackson road, ascending the stream until it joins the Glen House path near Hermit Lake. Here the Club has a good camp for the use of travellers. Beyond, a single path extends to the Snow-field; and a feasible route has been marked with white paint on the rocks--up the head wall of the ravine, and thence to the summit.

*_Mount Adams._--This path starts opposite the residence of Charles E. Lowe, on the road from Jefferson Hill to Gorham, about 8-1/2 miles from either town, and climbs the steep spur forming one wall of King's Ravine, following over the ledges to the westerly peak, thence to the summit. Distance, about 4 miles. Nearly half way up the spur a good camp has been built for the use of climbers. The way over the ledges is marked by cairns. Mount Jefferson may be reached by turning to the right before reaching the summit of the westerly peak; Madison by turning to the left.

*_King's Ravine._--The path branches from the Mount Adams path about 1-1/2 miles from Lowe's. The bowlders in the Ravine are reached without great difficulty. From the bowlders up the head-wall, and through the gate-way, the climb is arduous; and the way is not very distinctly marked. From the gate-way, Madison and the several peaks of Adams may be reached.

_Mount Madison._--There are several routes up Madison, but the best is probably that leading up the ridge from "Dolly" Copp's, on the Old Pinkham Road. The climb is tedious, and the path somewhat overgrown. The Mountain Club will probably clear and keep this path in good condition.

*_Bridal Veil Falls._--Path starts from Horace Brooks's, on the road from Franconia to Easton--2 to 3 miles from Sugar Hill and Franconia Village. It follows an old road across the clearings to Copper-mine Brook, thence by the brook to the foot of the Falls. Distance, 2-1/2 miles from Brooks's. Walking easy.

The path to the Flume on Mount Kinsman leads from the same highway about a mile beyond Brooks's.

_Mount Lafayette._--The bridle-path begins near the Profile House, turning Eagle Cliff, and crossing over to the main ridge. It leads nearly to the summit of the ridge, thence across the col by the lakes, and up the main peak. Distance, 3-1/2 to 3-3/4 miles.

_Mount Cannon._--The path enters the forest near the cottages in front of the Profile House. The summit is reached by a steep climb of 1-1/2 miles. The Cannon Rock is a short distance down the mountain-side, to the left of the path as it emerges from the forest; the forehead rock of the Profile can be reached by bearing down the mountain diagonally to the right from Cannon Rock until the edge of the cliff is reached. It is a hard scramble to the latter.

_Black Mountain, Waterville._--The new path leaves the highway 2 miles below Greeley's, near Drake's Brook. It runs near the edge of the ravine of Drake's Brook, crosses the ridge between Noon and Jennings' Peaks--to each of which a branch path leads--thence up the northerly slope of the main summit. Distance from the road to the summit is 3-1/4 miles. The views are very fine, and the climb easy for ordinary walkers.

_Osceola._--Path leaves the Greeley-pond path beyond the saw-mill above Greeley's, bearing to the left. Ascent easy. Distance, about 4 miles.

_Tecumseh._--Path branches from the Osceola path at the crossing of the west branch of Mad River, 7/8 of a mile from Greeley's. The grade is easy, except for a short distance near the summit. Distance from Greeley's, 3 miles.

_Tri-Pyramid._--The great slide on Tri-Pyramid may be reached from Greeley's by a path across the pasture to the right from the rear of the house, thence about 1-1/2 miles through fine old woods to a deserted clearing known as Beckytown. From here the stream may be followed by clambering over the _débris_ of the slide nearly 2 miles to the base of the South Peak. The summit is reached by climbing to the apex of the slide, thence bearing up to the right a short distance through low woods.

*_Thornton-Warren Path._--This path was built to enable visitors in the Upper Pemigewasset Valley or in Warren to cross from one locality to the other, avoiding the long détour _via_ Plymouth. It starts from the Profile House stage-road at the junction of the Tannery road, in West Thornton, crosses Hubbard Brook at this point, and passes over a long stretch of pasture until the woods are reached. At this point, and at all doubtful points, signs have been placed. For much of the distance the path follows Hubbard Brook, and passes out through the Notch between Mounts Kineo and Cushman to an old road-way leading to clearings on Baker's River, near the mountain-houses at the foot of Mount Moosilauke.

Distance from the stage-road to the road-way in Warren, 8 miles. A permanent camp has been built half-way on Hubbard Brook.

A trail has been spotted from a point in the path about 1 mile north of the camp to the summit of Kineo.

INDEX.

Refer to a mountain, lake, or river, under its proper name,
thus: Washington (Mount); Squam (Lake); Saco (River).

The abbreviations in parentheses show that the town or village
is on the line of a railway: (E. R.R.) stands for Eastern; (P. &
O.), Portland and Ogdensburg; (B., C., & M.), Boston, Concord, and
Montreal; (G. T. R.), Grand Trunk; (Pass.), Passumpsic.

ADAMS, Mount, from North Conway, 55;
from Thorn Hill, 122;
from Wildcat Valley, 133;
from Carter Dome, 142;
from the Glen House, 145;
from Mount Washington carriage-road, 181;
ascent by King's Ravine, 298;
ascent from Mount Washington, 312-315;
the apex, 315;
view from, 316.

Adirondacks, from Moosehillock, 273.

Agassiz, Mount, from Profile House Road, 249, 276.

Agiochook, or Agiockochook (Indian name for the White Mountains), 120.

Amherst, Sir Jeffrey (Gen.), in the French War, 259.

Ammonoosuc, Falls of, 304.

Ammonoosuc River, source of, 179.

Ammonoosuc Valley, from Mount Clinton, 98;
at Bethlehem, 277;
at Fabyan's, 300.

Androscoggin River, at Gorham, 170;
at Berlin, 174;
at Shelburne, 176;
at Bethel, 177.

Appalachian Mountain Club, 62, 221.

Artists' Falls (North Conway), 46, 47.

Autumn foliage, 66, 67.

BAKER'S RIVER (branch of Pemigewasset, branch of the Merrimack), 210;
falls on, 269.

Bald Mountain, an inferior summit of Chocorua, 26.

Ball, B. L., lost on Mount Washington, 186.

Bartlett Bowlder, 58.

Bartlett (P. & O. R.R.), mountains surrounding, 61, 62;
ascent of Mount Carrigain from, 62-65.

Basin (Franconia Pass), 231.

Beecher's Cascade (near Crawford House), 89.

Belknap, Jeremy, D.D. (historian of New Hampshire), quoted, 69.

Belknap, Mount (Lake Winnipiseogee), 8.

Bemis, Dr. Samuel A., home of, 69, 70.

Berlin (G. T. R.), 172;
the Falls, 174, 175.

Bethel, Maine (G. T. R.), 177.

Bethlehem (B., C., & M. R.R.), 276;
admirable position of as a centre, 277;
Bethlehem Street, 278, 279;
fine views from, 280, 281;
a sunset from the "Maplewood," 282-284;
White Mountains from, 284;
the Hermit, 286;
the peddler, 288.

Bigelow's Lawn (Mount Washington), 198.

Black Mountain (Sandwich Dome), from West Campton, 216;
Noon Peak, 220;
from Waterville (Greeley's), 221.

Boott's Spur (Mount Washington), 146;
from the plateau, 198.

Bourne, Lizzie, death of, on Mount Washington, 310.

Bridal Veil Falls (Mount Kinsman), 255.

Brown, George L. (painter), referred to, 253.

Buck-board wagon described, 273.

CAMPTON, 211;
Campton Hollow, 214;
West Campton, and view from, 215;
Sanborn's, 216;
annals of Campton, 216.

Campton Village (Pemigewasset Valley), 218.

Cannon (or Profile) Mountain, from West Campton, 215;
from the clearing below the Profile, 231;
remarkable profile on, 232;
from Franconia, 252.

Carrigain, Mount, from Chocorua, 30;
from Bartlett, 62;
ascent from Bartlett, 62-64;
view from summit, 64, 65.

Carrigain Notch, from Mount Chocorua, 30;
from Mount Carrigain, 64.

Carter Dome, 133;
the Pulpit, 136;
ascent of, and view from, 140, 141.

Carter Mountains, from Gorham, 170.

Carter Notch, from Chocorua, 31;
from North Conway, 40;
from Thorn Hill, 122, 132;
way into, from Jackson, 132;
impressive desolation of the interior, 137;
the Giants' Barricade, 137, 138;
the lakes, 139;
way out to Glen House, 143.

Castellated Ridge (Mount Jefferson), 314.

Cathedral (North Conway), 46.

Cathedral Ledge (North Conway), 41, 42.

Cathedral Woods (North Conway), 55.

Centre Harbor, approach to, by Lake Winnipiseogee, 8-10;
settled, 10;
route by stage to West Ossipee _via_ Sandwich and Tamworth, 18-21.

Chandler, Benjamin, lost on Mount Washington, 186.

Cherry Mountain (Valley of Israel's River), 291;
Owl's Head, 292;
road to Fabyan's, 300.

Chocorua, Lake, from the mountain, 29, 31, 32.

Chocorua (Sho'kor'ua), Mount, from Lake Winnipiseogee, 9;
from Red Hill, 16;
legend of, 21;
ascent from Tamworth, 25-28;
landscapes from, 29-31;
from Mount Willard, 92.

Clay, Mount (next north of Washington), 169;
ascent of, 312.

Clinton, Mount (near Crawford House), 97;
view from summit, 100. (First mountain ascended by Crawford Path.)

Connecticut Ox-Bow, 256-258.

Conway, or Conway Corner (E. R.R.), superb view of the great chain from, 33.

Copp Farm (view-point for seeing "The Imp"), 165.

Copp, Nathaniel, his adventurous deer-hunt, 167.

Copper-mine Brook (branch of Gale River), 255.

Crawford, Abel, described, 70-72.

Crawford, Ethan Allen, 71, 72;
his burial-place, 302.

Crawford bridle-path, opened, 89;
march to the summit (_see_ Chapter X.);
Mount Clinton first, 117;
the crystal forests, 98;
Liliputian wood, 99;
fine view from summit, 100;
frost-work, 100;
Mount Pleasant next, 102;
in a snow-storm, 102;
crossing the ridge, 103;
Oakes's Gulf, 103;
Mount Franklin next, 103;
(_water here_) weird objects by the way, 104;
Mount Monroe next (two peaks, with shallow ponds near the path);
the plateau, 105;
base of the cone reached, 105;
ascent of the cone, 107;
the stone corral, 107;
the summit, 108.

Crawford Glen (Saco Valley), 69.

Crawford House (summit of Crawford Notch), its surroundings, 87-94.

Crawford, Mount (Saco Valley, east side), 69;
Davis Path to Mount Washington, 73;
view of from Frankenstein Bridge, 74.

Crawford Notch (_see_ Great Notch of the White Mountains).

Crawford, T. J., opens a bridle-path to the summit, 89.

Crystal Cascade (Pinkham Notch), 149, 150.

DARTMOUTH, _see_ Jefferson.

Davis Path (to Mount Washington), 73;
junction with Crawford Path, 198.

Deception, Mount (near Fabyan's), 300.

Destruction of mountain forests, 172.

Devil's Den (North Conway), 45, 46.

Diana's Baths (North Conway ), 46.

Douglass, William, M.D., quoted, on the origin
of the name White Mountains, 121, _note_.

Dwight, Timothy, L.L.D., 71 (_see_ his "Travels in New England,"
and journeys through the mountains).

EAGLE CLIFF (Franconia Pass), from Flume House, 225;
from Profile House, 238, 239;
ascent by the bridle-path, 243;
from Franconia, 254.

Eagle Lakes (Mount Lafayette), 244. (Also called Cloud Lakes.)

Eagle Mountain (Eagle Mountain House), Wildcat Valley, Jackson, 133.

Early settlements by white people, 216, 217, 293.

Echo Lake (Franconia Pass), 239.

Echo Lake (North Conway), 45.

Elephant's Head (Crawford Notch), 87.

Ellis River (branch of the Saco; rises in Pinkham Notch),
_see_ Goodrich Falls, 125;
Glen Ellis Falls, 151;
incident connected with, 153.

Emerald Pool (near Glen House, Pinkham Notch), 147, 148.

Endicott Rock, a surveyor's monument at the outlet of Lake Winnipiseogee, 10.

FABYAN'S (B., C., & M. and P. & O. R.R.), view at, 300;
Mount Washington Railway, 301;
Eleazer Rosebrook and E. A. Crawford, 302, 303.

Fall of a Thousand Streams, 162.

Farmer, John (historian), quoted, 210.

Field, Darby, makes the first ascent of Mount Washington, 116-119;
second ascent, 119, _see note_.

Flume (Franconia Pass), way to and description of, 226-228.

Flume Cascade, _see_ description by Dr. T. Dwight, in his
"Travels in New England."

Flume House (Franconia Pass), 224.

Franconia Mountains, from West Campton, 215;
from Bethlehem, 280;
from Jefferson, 292.

Franconia Pass (Chapters II. and III., Third Journey), Flume House, 224;
the Pool, 225;
the Flume, 226;
the Basin, 231;
Mounts Cannon and Lafayette, 231, 232;
the "Old Man," 232;
Profile Lake, 232;
Profile House, 237;
Eagle Cliff, 238;
Echo Lake, 239;
sunset in the pass, 240;
from Bethlehem heights, 279.

Franconia village (Iron Works), from Mount Lafayette, 243;
general view of, 251;
fine views in, 253, 254.

Frankenstein Cliff (Saco Valley), named, 73;
appearance of, from the valley, 73, 74;
the bridge, 74.

Fryeburg, Maine (P. & O. R.R.), 33-38.

GALE RIVER (branch of the Ammonoosuc, branch of the Connecticut), 243.

Garfield, Mount (_see_ Haystack), 284.

Giant's Stairs (Saco Valley, east side), 73;
from Jackson, 123, 129.

Gibbs's Falls (near Crawford House), 97.

Glen Ellis Falls, 151, 152; legend of, 152.

Glen House, way to, by Jackson and Carter Notch, 131;
its surroundings, 144;
carriage-road to the summit, 144;
Mount Washington from, 144, 145;
Emerald Pool, 147, 148;
Thompson's Falls, 146;
Crystal Cascade, 149;
Glen Ellis Falls, 151;
Tuckerman's Ravine, 155;
The Imp, 165;
to or from Gorham, 165, 170;
from Mount Washington carriage-road, 181.

Goodenow's, _see_ Sugar Hill.

Goodrich Falls (Ellis River), 125.

Gorham (G. T. R.), its situation, 169.

Grand Monadnock, from Red Hill, 17;
from Mount Washington, 192.

Great Gulf, from Glen House, 165;
from Mount Washington carriage-road, 181, 185;
from Mount Clay, 313.

Great Notch of the White Mountains (Crawford Notch), from Mount Chocorua, 31;
from Mount Carrigain, 64, 65;
approach to, by the Saco Valley, 76;
the mountains forming it, 77;
Willey, or Notch House, 77;
landslip of 1826, 79, 80;
the Cascades, 84, 85, 89, 97;
Gate of the Notch, 86;
summit of the Notch (Crawford House), 86;
Elephant's Head, 87;
discovery of the Pass, 88, 89;
the Notch from Mount Willard, 91;
from Mount Clinton, 100.

Greeley's, _see_ Waterville.

Green Mountains, from Mount Washington, 190;
from Moosehillock, 273.

Gyles, John (Capt.), quoted on the Indian name for the White Mountains, 120.

Hancock, Mount, from the Ellsworth road (Campton), 216;
from Moosehillock, 272.

Hart's Ledge (Saco Valley, east side, near Bartlett), 62.

Haverhill (B., C., & M. R.R.), 257.

Hawthorne, Nathaniel, origin of his story of "The Great Carbuncle," 119;
death of, 209;
legend of "The Great Stone Face," 235.

Hayes, Mount (Gorham, New Hampshire), 169-171.

Haystack, Mount (now Mount Garfield), 254.

Hermit Lake (Tuckerman's Ravine, Mount Washington), 159.

Hitchcock, C. H. (geologist), 197.

Humphrey's Ledge (near Glen Station), 41.

Hunter, Harry W., lost on Mount Washington, 199, _note_.

Huntington's Ravine, from Carter Dome, 142.

Idlewild (near Crawford House), 89.

Imp, The (rock profile near Glen House), 166.

Indians, customs of mountain tribes, 10;
Sokokis, or Pigwackets, or _Pequawkets_, destruction of
by Love-well, 34-38;
Indian names, 24, 25, _note_;
superstitions regarding the high summits, traditions, etc.
(_see_ Chapter I., Second Journey);
attack Shelburne, 177;
at Plymouth, 210;
attack Dartmouth (Jefferson), 294.

Intervale (North Conway, E. R.R. and P. & O. R.R.), superb
panorama from, 55-57;
_see_ art. North Conway.

Israel's River (branch of the Connecticut), 291.

Jackson (_see_ Chapters II. and III., Second Journey), 122-143;
how to get there from North Conway, 122;
its topography, 123;
Jackson Falls (on Wildcat River), 124;
Fernald's Farm, 130;
Wildcat Valley, 133;
to Carter Notch, 133-140.

Jackson, C. T. (geologist), quoted, 197, _note_.

Jackson Falls (Wildcat River), 124.

Jefferson, Mount, from Jefferson Hill, 293;
Ravine of the Cascades, 297;
ascent from Mount Washington, 312;
Ravine of the Castles, 313;
Castellated Ridge, 314.

Jefferson (branch R.R. from Whitefield), 291;
Jefferson Hill, 292;
antecedents of, 293;
Indian attack on, 294;
East Jefferson, 295;
to Randolph Hill, 297;
to Fabyan's, 300.

Jockey Cap (Fryeburg, Maine), 34.

Josselyn, John (author of "New England's Rarities"),
ascends Mount Washington, 119.

Kearsarge, Mount, from North Conway, 39, 40, 41;
winter ascent of, 47-54;
view from summit, 51, 52;
from Bartlett, 62;
from Carter Dome, 141.

King, Thomas Starr, tribute to, 294, 295.

King's Ravine (Mount Adams), from Randolph Hill, 298;
from Mount Adams, 317.

Kinsman, Mount (next south of Cannon, Franconia group), 244, 252.

Lafayette, Mount, from West Campton, 215;
_see_ Chapter III., Third Journey;
Eagle Cliff, 238, 239;
from Echo Lake, 240;
ascent from the Profile House, 243-247;
the Notch, 243;
the ravines, 243-254;
Eagle Lakes, 244;
summit and view, 246, 247;
from Franconia Iron Works, 252;
from Newbury, Vermont, 258;
from Bethlehem heights, 279.

Lake of the Clouds (Mount Washington), 198.

Lary's (Gorham, New Hampshire), 171.

Lead Mine Bridge (Shelburne, G. T. R.), grand view from, 175, 176.

Legends of General Hampton and the Devil, 11-14;
of Mount Chocorua, 21-24;
of Passaconnaway, 24, 25, _note_;
Indian tradition of the Deluge, 114;
the Indian's heaven, 115;
the Great Carbuncle, 115;
the war party and its prisoners, 127, 128;
the youthful lovers, 128;
of Glen Ellis Falls, 152;
of the Silver Image, 263.

Lion's Head (Tuckerman's Ravine), 142, 146, 159.

Lisbon (B., C., & M. R.R.), discovery of gold ores in, 251.

Littleton (B., C., & M. R.R.), from Bethlehem, 279.

Livermore (P. & O. R.R.), Saco Valley, logging hamlet of, 63;
way to the Pemigewasset, 221.

Livermore Falls (Pemigewasset River), 212.

Logging on the Androscoggin, 173, 174.

Lonesome Lake (Mount Kinsman), 244.

Long Island, Lake Winnipiseogee, east shore, 9.

Lovewell, John (captain of colonial rangers), battle with the Sokokis, 34-38.

Lovewell's Pond (scene of Lovewell's fight), 34.

Lowell, Mount (Saco Valley), slide on, 64.

MAD RIVER and Valley (branch of Pemigewasset), 218.

Madison, Mount (next north of Adams), 165.

Marsh, Sylvester, projector of Mount Washington railway, 301.

Merrimack River, source of, 65.

Moat Range, position of, 39;
cliffs of, 40, 41, 44;
the ascent, 47;
from Jackson Falls, 124.

Monroe, Mount, from Tuckerman's Ravine, 160.

Moose River (branch of Androscoggin), 171.

Moosehillock, or Moosilauke, from Lake Winnipiseogee, 10;
from Chocorua, 30;
from Pemigewasset Valley, 223;
from Newbury, Vermont, 258;
_see_ Chapter VII., Third Journey, 269-275;
how to reach the mountain, 269;
the mountain's top, 271;
view from, 273;
from Bethlehem, 279.

Moriah, Mount (Carter Chain, near Gorham), 169.

Mountain Butterfly, 202.

NANCY'S BROOK (Saco Valley), story of, 67-69.

Newbury, Vermont (Pass. R.R.), 257.

Nineteen Mile Brook (branch of the Peabody River, a branch
of the Androscoggin; rises in Carter Notch), 143.

North Conway (E. R.R. and P. & O. R.R.), topographical features of, 39-41;
excursions from, 57;
_see_ Intervale, White Horse Ledge, Cathedral Ledge, Humphrey's
Ledge, Echo Lake, Diana's Baths, Artists' Falls,
Kearsarge and Moat Mountains, etc.

OAKE'S GULF (in great range), 103.

Old Man of the Mountain (Franconia Pass), 231-236;
legends of, 235.

Ossipee Mountains, from Lake Winnipiseogee, 8.

Owl's Head (Lake Memphremagog), from Moosehillock, 273;
Cherry Mountain, 292.

PEABODY RIVER (branch of the Androscoggin; rises in Pinkham
Notch), 144, 154, _note_.

Pemigewasset River, branch of Merrimack, 210;
Livermore Falls, 211;
East Branch, 223.

Pemigewasset, Mount (near Flume House), ascent and view, 229.

Pemigewasset Valley (Chapter I., Third Journey), 210-223;
villages of, 212.

Pemigewasset Wilderness, way through, 221, 229.

Percy Peaks, 280, note.

Perkins Notch, position of, 133.

Pilot Mountains from Gorham, 170;
origin of name, 170, 171.

Pine Mountain (Gorham, New Hampshire), 170.

Pinkham Notch from Thorn Hill, 122;
from the road between Jackson and Glen House, 129;
from Glen House, 144;
_see_ Thompson's Falls, Emerald Pool, Crystal Cascade,
Tuckerman's Ravine, Glen Ellis Falls, etc., 144-164.

Pleasant, Mount, from Fabyan's, 300.

Plymouth (B., C., & M. R.R.), 209;
routes through the mountains, 211.

Pool, The (Franconia Pass), 225.

Portland and Ogdensburg Railroad, passage of the White Mountains Notch, 93.

Prime, W. C., referred to, 244.

Profile House (Franconia Pass), its attractions, 237-240;
_see_ Old Man, Profile Lake, Mounts Cannon and Lafayette,
Eagle Cliff, Echo Lake, etc.;
to Bethlehem by the old highway via Franconia, 248;
by rail, 248.

Profile Lake (Franconia Pass), 232.

Prospect, Mount (Holderness), 214.

RANDOLPH HILL, drive to, and view from, 297, 298.

Ravine of the Castles (Mount Jefferson), 313.

Raymond's Cataract, from Carter Dome, 142;
from Pinkham Notch, 147;
see Tuckerman's Ravine.

Red Hill from Lake Winnipiseogee, 10;
ascent of, from Centre Harbor, and view from summit, 14-17.

Ripley Falls (on Cow Brook, Saco Valley), 89.

Rogers's, Robert (Major), account of the White Mountains, 119, 121, note;
destroys St. Francis, 259;
_see_ Chapter VI., Third Journey.

Rosebrook, Eleazer, sketch of, 302, 303.

SACO VALLEY (Chapters IV. to IX., inclusive), from Mount Chocorua, 31;
at Fryeburg (Maine), 33;
at North Conway, 39;
at Bartlett, 61-65;
from Mount Carrigain, 64, 65;
source of the Saco, 88;
historical incident, 153.

Sandwich Mountains from Lake Winnipiseogee, 8;
from Sandwich Centre, 19;
from Tamworth (Nickerson's), 24.

Sandwich (town of), mountains near, 19.

Sandwich Notch, position of, 218.

Sawyer's River (branch of the Saco), valley of, 62, 63.

Sawyer's Rock (Saco Valley, west side, near Bartlett), 62.

Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe, quoted on the Indian name for the
White Mountains, 120.

Silver Cascade (Crawford Notch), 85.

Snow Arch (Tuckerman's Ravine), 161, 162.

Spencer, Jabez (General), settles Campton, 216.

Squam Lake from Red Hill, 16.

St. Francis de Sales, sacked by Rogers, 259;
_see_ Chapter VI., Third Journey.

Star Lake (Mount Adams), 317.

Stark, John (General), captured by Indians, 210, 211.

Stark, William, 210, 211.

Starr King Mountain, 291.

Storm Lake (between Madison and Adams), 317.

Sugar Hill, from Profile House road, 249;
view from, 252, 253.

Sullivan, James (Governor of Massachusetts), his authority for
the story of "The Great Carbuncle," 116;
quoted, 153.

Swift River (branch of the Saco), from Mount Chocorua, 30.

TAMWORTH IRON WORKS (point from which Chocorua is usually ascended), 21, 25.

Thompson's Falls (near Glen House), 146.

Thorn Mountain, from North Conway, 40;
walk over Thorn Hill (lower spur of Thorn Mountain) to Jackson, 122, 132.

Tripyramid Mountain, from Mad River Valley, 219;
slide on, 221.

Trout-breeding, State establishment at Plymouth, 212.

Trout-fishing begins in New Hampshire May 1, 213.

Trumbull, J. Hammond, LL.D., quoted on the Indian names
for the White Mountains, 120, _note_.

Tuckerman's Ravine from Mount Kearsarge, 51;
from Carter Dome, 142;
from Thompson's Falls, 146;
way into from Glen House, 156;
appearance from Glen House, 156;
Hermit Lake and Lion's Head Crag, 159;
Snow Arch, 161;
head wall, 162;
out by the path to Crystal Cascade, 164.

VIEWS, from Red Hill, 14-17;
from Chocorua, 29-31;
from Jockey Cap, 34;
from Conway Corner, 33;
from North Conway, 40;
from Mount Kearsarge, 51;
from the Intervale (North Conway), 55-57;
from Mount Carrigain, 64, 65;
from above Bemis's, 74;
from Mount Willard, 91;
from Mount Clinton, 100;
from Carter Dome, 141;
from Glen House, 145;
from Gorham, 169;
from Berlin, 172, 175;
from Shelburne (Lead Mine Bridge), 176;
from Mount Washington carriage-road, 181, 185;
from the summit, 189-192;
from West Campton, 215;
from the Ellsworth road (Pemigewasset valley), 216;
from Mount Pemigewasset (Flume House), 229;
from Mount Lafayette, 246;
from Sugar Hill, 252;
from the foot of Bethlehem heights (Gale River valley), 254;
from Moosehillock, 272;
from Bethlehem, 280, 281;
from Jefferson Hill, 292;
from East Jefferson, 295;
from Randolph Hill, 297;
from Mount Adams, 316.

WARREN (B., C., & M. R.R.), point from which to ascend Moosehillock, 269.

Washington, Mount, River (formerly Dry River), grand
view of the high summits up this valley from P. & O. R.R., 74;
the valley from Mount Clinton, 100.

Washington, Mount, carriage-road, 178;
Half-way House and the Ledge, 180;
Great Gulf, 181;
accident on, 183;
Willis's Seat, and the view 185;
Cow Pasture, 186;
Dr. Ball's adventure, 186;
fate of a climber, 186;
up the pinnacle, 186;
United States Meteorological Station, 187;
the summit, 188.

Washington, Mount, from Lake Winnipiseogee, 9;
from Mount Chocorua, 31;
from Conway, 33;
from North Conway, 40;
from Mount Kearsarge, 51;
from Mount Carrigain, 65;
first path to, 71;
Davis path, 73;
view near Bemis's (P. & O. R.R.), 74;
Crawford bridle-path opened, 89;
from Mount Willard, 93;
from Mount Clinton, 100;
first ascension, 116-119;
Indian traditions of, _see_ Chapter I., Second Journey;
from Thorn Hill, 122;
from the Wildcat Valley, 133;
from Carter Dome, 142;
from Glen House, 144;
from the Glen House and Gorham road, 168;
carriage-road, _see_ Chapter VII., Second Journey;
the Signal Station, 187, 196;
a winter tornado on the summit, 192-194;
shadow of the mountain, 195;
the plateau--its floral and entomological treasures, 197, 198;
transported bowlders on, 197;
Lake of the Clouds, 198;
from Mount Lafayette, 246;
travellers lost on, 186, 199, 310;
from Moosehillock, 270;
from Bethlehem, 281, 282;
from Fabyan's, 300;
railway to summit, 301-306;
moonlight on the summit, 311;
sunrise, 312;
sunset, 318.

Washington, Mount, Railway, from Fabyan's, 301;
to the base, 304;
its mechanism, 305;
Jacob's Ladder, 305;
up the mountain, 306, 307;
the Summit Hotel, 307.

Waterville (Mad River valley), the neighborhood, 219;
path to Livermore, 221.

Webster, Daniel, at Fryeburg, Maine, 33.

Webster, Mount, approach to, 75;
from Mount Willard, 92.

Weirs (B., C., & M. R.R.), Lake Winnipiseogee, west shore, 10, _see note_.

Welch Mountain (Pemigewasset valley), 218.

Whipple, Joseph (Colonel), settles at Jefferson, 294.

White Horse Ledge (North Conway), 41.

White Mountains, general view of, from Conway, 33;
from North Conway, 40;
from Mount Carrigain (in mass), 65;
legends of, _see_ Chapter 1., Second Journey;
first ascensions, 116-119;
how named, 119, 120;
appearance from the coast, 120, 121;
from Mount Lafayette, 246;
from Bethlehem, 281;
from Fabyan's, 300.

Wildcat River (branch of the Ellis, a branch of the Saco;
rises in Carter Notch), Jackson Falls on, 124;
disappearance of, 136.

Wildcat Mountain (one of Carter Notch and Pinkham
Notch Mountains), position of, 123;
avalanche of bowlders, 136;
appearance from Carter Notch, 141;
from Glen House, 145.

Wildcat Valley (Jackson to Carter Notch), 133-140.

Willard, Mount, 77;
ascent of, from Crawford House, 91.

Willey family, burial-place of, 55;
destruction of, by a landslip, 77-80.

Willey, Mount, from Carrigain, 65;
approach to by the valley, 75;
from Mount Willard, 92.

Winnipiseogee, Lake, sail up, from Wolfborough to Centre Harbor, 8-10;
Indian occupation and customs, 10;
sunset view of, from Red Hill. 16, 17.

Winnipiseogee River (outlet of the lake), Indian remains on, 10;
Endicott Rock in, 10, _note_.

Wolfborough ( E. R.R. branch ), Lake Winnipiseogee, 8.

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wood-printing. The printing is obviously by hand-press,[46] and in
the arrangement of the type with the cuts on each page the greatest
ingenuity and invention are displayed. This, too, has been designed
with a sort of a Japanesque fancy; here is a tangled mass of
grasses and weeds, with a party of ants stealing out of the shade,
and there the dragon-flies flit across among the blossoms of the
reeds, or the feathery seeds of the dandelion float on the page.
Each section of the seasons has its suggestive picture: Springtime,
with a flight of birds under a may-flower branch that hangs across
the brook: Summer, a host of butterflies sporting round the wild
rose: Autumn, with the swallows flying south and falling leaves
that strew the page; while for Winter the chrysalis hangs in the
leafless bough, and the snow-clad graves in the village church-yard
tell the same story of sleep and awakening. As many as thirty
different artists, besides the author and designer, have assisted
in producing this very tastefully illustrated volume, which
commends itself by its genuine artistic merits to all lovers of the
picturesque and the natural.

FROM "THE SATURDAY REVIEW," LONDON.

This pleasant American book has brought to our remembrance,
though without any sense of imitation, two old-fashioned favorites.
In the first place, its descriptions of rural humanity, its rustic
sweetness and humor, have a certain analogy with the delicately
pencilled studies of life in Miss Mitford's "Our Village;" but the
relation it bears to the second book is much closer. It is more
than forty years since Mr. P. H. Gosse published the first of those
delightful sketches of animal life at home which have led so many
of us with a wholesome purpose into the woods and lanes. It was in
the _Canadian Naturalist_ that he broke this new ground; and though
we do not think this has ever been one of his best-known books, we
cannot but believe that there are still many readers who will be
reminded of it as they glance down Mr. Gibson's pages.