hotel called "Hotel Pines" furnishes excellent board and lodging.

Leaving the Junction at Leeds on the Maine Central and journeying towards Waterville, Maranacook! Maranacook! is the train man's call. Alighting at Maranacook, the vacationist has but a short journey to the hotel on the shore of the lake. Last season the house was destroyed by fire; but a company has been formed and a new hotel will undoubtedly be erected and in operation for this coming summer. The lake is six miles long, surrounded by wooded hills and during the season the fishing is excellent; trout, salmon and black bass are numerous and are found in each one of the chain of lakes of which Maranacook is the first.

On Butler's or Craig's Point, across the lake from the site of the old hotel is the St. Charles, an up-to-date house situated on elevated ground and surrounded on all sides by beautiful lawns and flower beds. Belgrade Lakes next! Arriving at the station of Belgrade the stage is waiting to conduct the passengers to the village by the shores of the lake. A few years ago, this resort was practically unknown while to-day during the season visitors by the hundreds journey to the camps or cottages or enjoy the hospitality of the Belgrade or Central House-these are the two large hotels, besides a score of smaller ones which carefully guard the wants and welfare of the tourist. In spring-time, when the black bass begin to bite and by the way, this is the home of that favorite specimen of the finny tribesportsmen ardent in their desire to be among the first to pursue the pleasures of Walton, throng the shores. When summer comes the sportsman's places are well filled by the colony of resorters who find enjoyment in the pure atmosphere; surpassing scenery and delightful opportunities for boating; yet the anglers have not all hurried away, for the piscatorial sport continues until summer has waned and the frosts of winter have closed both lakes and houses. In the entire Belgrade chain, there are nine lakes, the largest of which are Great and Long Lakes.

Waterville is a city of about 10,000, admirably placed at the junction of the Messalonskee, the outlet of the Belgrade Lakes; the Kennebec which rises in Moosehead Lake and the Sebasticook, a branch of the Kennebec. It is a railroad junction, where the upper and lower routes of the Maine Central intersect and is adding to its reputation and colony year by year. The Kennebec, Maine's greatest waterway, which empties into the ocean at Bath, is a river of tremendous water power. It is skirted on both sides, throughout its entire length by beautiful forest lands. House boats, canoes and all sorts

of pleasure craft are frequently seen on its surface; and at its source in Moosehead Lake, it is a perfect wilderness of entrancing beauty.

Moosehead Lake is the largest of New England's inland bodies of water. It is located about eighty miles north from Bangor and is reached from Greenville Junction, a station on the Bangor and Aroostock Railroad. Moosehead is forty miles long, ten miles wide at its narrowest portion and eighteen miles at its widest and lies 1,000 feet above the sea level. Around the shores of Moosehead as soon as the ice begins to break, are hundreds of fishermen. It is a favorite fishing ground-trout, togue, and land-locked salmon oftentimes weighing three pounds and upwards are the customary catches. An elaborate reproduction on canvas of this picturesque region, was shown at the Sportsmen's Show. last winter in Boston. The giant Mt. Kineo, like a sentinel guard, faced the blue waters of the lake from his rising vantage point, on a projecting peninsular, so impressively fascinating was the landscape scene, that hundreds were drawn in admiration to view it night after night, but they who gazed upon the artificial vista would stand in open mouthed awe and wonder at the surprising grandeur of the real scene. At the foot of Kineo Slope is situated the Kineo House, an exemplary hotel, suitable for the fufilment of all the wants and desires of the most fastidious summer saunterers. It has accommodations for four hundred people. The outlook over the surface of the lake and the panorama, presented from the summit of Mt. Kineo is simply superb! A fast steamer is the means of communication between Greenville and the hotel. During the hunting season, the shipment of moose and deer from Greenville, proves the popularity of this territory, as a hunting ground. Greenville is the point of departure for a half dozen camps and hotels all delightful abodes, reached by stage or steamer.

Winding around the northern extremity of Moosehead Lake is the Penobscot River. Two courses are presented to the canoeist a journey to the famous Northeast Branch, or a trip down the West Branch, through a delightful country affording in all a tempting water route of 125 miles. Reached from Stacyville on the Bangor and Aroostock Railroad is the famous Mt. Katahdin Mt. Katahdin stands alone supreme in the northern wilds and rears his summit 5,000 feet. Camps and hotels are scattered all about, for this is the hunters' paradise. A great number of moose and deer roam the forests. pure atmosphere has all the salubrious qualities of mountain air; and rest and quiet in the most silent of solitudes can be safely guaranteed. Fifty miles south of here, in

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the region known as Katahdin Iron Works, are medicinal springs, the waters of which are impregnated with iron, and which have helped many an invalid whose faith is pledged in the curative powers of this section.

Maine has a wilderness untold, where campers, fishermen, and hunters live and learn during the recreation days. The entire Washington County inland region, served by this railroad is a forest primeval, containing myriads of silver lakes, linked with rushing streams and rivers, navigable for canoes and reached by train in less than fifteen hours from Boston. On the border land between Maine and New Hampshire is a chain of lakes called the Androscoggin or Rangely Lakes. They are situated at an elevation of 1500 feet. and because of their altitude are noted health resorts. The Rangely region from spring until late summer welcomes her boarders. The lakes are all connected by narrows or streams forming fifty miles of continuous water courses. Land-locked salmon and square tail trout scaling to eight and ten pounds, the largest in the world are found here in numbers. Dixville Notch, one of the wildest and most wonderful mountain passes in New England is in the western part of this region. The points of penetration for this section are from Farmington on the Maine Central Railroad, thence via the Sandy River Railroad, the only rail line to Rangeley furnishing exclusively night sleeping car service from Boston by which the tourist can leave Boston at 10.00 p. m. and be at the Rangeley Lake House for breakfast, or from Oquossoe on the Portland & Rumford Falls line. Swiftly gliding steamers furnish transportation over the lakes.

New Hampshire's inland country is well known and chief among her resorts is the queenly Lake Winnipesaukee. Winnipesaukee lies at the foot hills of the White Mountains and is a favorite resort for vacationists. The lake is twenty-five miles long and from one to seven miles wide, and situated at an elevation of 472 feet. The water is remarkably clear and very deep-in some places it is possible to see to a depth of 150 feet. The surface is covered with over four hundred islands, upon which are some delightful cottages and camps. Bear Island is the largest and is a popular ground for campers and cottagers. The deep indentations along the shore form magnificent coves and harbors, which are famed far and wide as vacation centres. Alton Bay is at the southern extremity of the lake and has a large summer population. It has two hotels, which accomodate one hundred people each, at a rate from $2 to $3.50 per day, or $8 to $16 per wee nd house

two excellent boarding r day. North of Alton Bay

bordering the lake on the line of the Boston & Maine is Weirs, one of the choicest havens among New Hampshire's recreation haunts. As for scenic attributes, the receding hills which rise up by the shores of the lake, covered with dense grown woodland are a rare sample of New England scenery. More than a dozen fine hotels are located at Weirs, the Lakeside House, which accommodates two hundred, and the New Weirs being the largest.

Center Harbor is at the northern end of the lake and possesses all the superlative qualities of this time honored region. It is very popular with Boston people and contains about fifteen hotels and boarding houses. At the extremity of the northern site of the lake lies Wolfeboro, a picturesque village, whose suitable situation was long ago recognized by the vacation advocate. Over fifteen hotels provide accommodation from the time the season opens at "Hobbs Is Inn" until late in the fall. All these ports are connected by the steamer Mt. Washington, the large and palatial vessel which, guided by Captain Wentworth, sails over the lake, occupying about five hours on the trip, and which covers a course of sixty miles. The outlet of this lake is the Merrimac River. This beautiful stream flows through a region of picturesque surprises, called the Merrimac Valley. From Lowell, Massachusetts to Lake Winnipesaukee, bordering the river are pleasant farm lands, rolling hills and rich meadows, where hordes of vacationists have selected summer homes. Among these are Lakeport and Laconia on Great Bay, an arm of Lake Winnipesaukee, Northfield, East Concord, Concord, the capital of New Hampshire, Centre Barnstead, Allenstown, Suncook and Hookset, Amoskeag and Manchester. Manchester. although a busy manufacturing city, has attractive portions which boast of all the decorations of country life, and among its many environments is Lake Massabesic, four miles distant, reached by train and trolley. Massabesic has many camps and cottages and is a favorite resort for nearby towns and cities.

A few miles west of Winnipesaukee in the county of Grafton, New Hampshire, is Newfound Lake, a resort which has attractions far greater than her spread of popularity. Newfound Lake is not more widely known, simply because this region lacks a large hotel, although an abundance of farmhouses do their best for the summer population. In the early spring, the catches of land-locked salmon, often weighing as high as eight pounds are frequent, and trout, perch, pickerel and bass, inhabit these waters. Scores of delightful farming towns in the eastern portion of the state afford accommodations for the general summer influx. Just over the Massa

chusetts line from Lawrence is Salem, New Hampshire; and Canobie Lake, a popular resort is near at hand. Canobie Lake is much in demand by vacationists who seek amusement on their annual rest at Salem. A magnificent race track has been built at Salem and a large hotel has been erected to care for the thousands who are expected to journey here during the racing meet this season. Candia, Raymond, Epping, Newmarket, Exeter, Derry, Sandown, Hampstead and Hubbardstown are all towns along this line of the Boston & Maine Railroad in the eastern part of the state, which advertise fresh air and country life in their soliciting of summer boarders.

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Picture a silvery surface of inland water, cosily settled among green hills yet situated at an elevation of 1104 feet above sea level-and you discern Lake Sunapee! Nowhere are there such drives; such scenery, such harbors and such a social settlement where such sure satisfaction rewards the search, no matter what bend the vacationist follows. The lake is ten miles in length and from one to three miles wide. This lake, only thirty miles from Winnipesaukee, is 613 feet higher. Sunapee had her commencement as a vacation ground in 1876, when the Woodsum Brothers, built a small steamer as an incentive to tourists to come and explore the charms of this unknown elysium. this time, there was but one regular summer boarder in the entire region around the lake. The Woodsum Steamboat Company--but not the same steamer-still furnishes the means of transportation over the lake, stopping at Pine Cliff, Brightwood, Burkehaven, Blodgetts, Sunapee, Soo-Nipi Park, Hastings, Lakeside and George's Mills. Many delightful islands and smaller coves and points are passed where elegant cottages and inviting camps welcome the visitor. These are reached by means of smaller steamboat lines and many private launches. Blodgetts Landing, now one of the foremost of Sunapee's colonies was founded twenty-five years ago and continues to grow every year in fame and favor. Sunapee Harbor is reached by train to Sunapee Station and a two and a half mile drive by stage or by a refreshing steamer trip of ten miles, occupying about an hour from Lake Sunapee Station. The summer population at the Harbor is 1500 and besides the principal hotels, it is well equipped with boarding houses. Rates at the hotel range from $5 to $10 a week. New York, Philadelphia and far-a-way San Francisco folk have a special veneration for this spot. Drives to attractive Newport and the grand game reserve at Corbin Park, may be taken. George's Mills possesses features of special interest in the shape of peerless ponds which hold com

munication with the lake by devious streams of turbulent and rushing waters. Ledge Pond, Baptist Pond and Otter Pond are the principal ones. The Royal Arch or Devil's Den, a cavern two miles distant, is a favorite visiting point. One of the most remarkable of the vistas around Lake Sunapee is the prospect from Burkehaven; Mt. Sunapee, which is 2683 feet abvoe the sea level, rises directly in the north and circling around to the north and east are Kearsarge, Cardigan and Ragged Mountains. Lake Sunapee is an ideal retreat whose natural charms are widely proclaimed.

About seventeen miles to the west of Lake Sunapee, separating the states of Vermont and New Hampshire flows the Connecticut River. The Connecticut rises in the White Mountains and flows south the entire length of the state through a land of scenery rich and blooming, sparkling and gorgeous, and in turn lovely and sublime, all the varieties of nature's comeliness are presented to the astonished admirer. These sightly advantages have placed the Connecticut Valley high up on the list of America's summer grounds. From Wells River, the White Mountains' portal, to White River Junction, is termed the Passumpsic region; a series of engaging little valley towns varied in their profferings but all entrancing to the eyes of the summer guest. South of White River Junction, Vermont, is Windsor and next on the opposite shore of the river is Charlestown and North Charlestown, both typical valley towns. Below Charlestown is Bellows Falls, a goodly sized Vermont town surrounded by hills and displaying in all their grandeur the falls of the Connecticut River at this point-Bellows Falls has two first class hotels besides numerous boarding houses and cottages on the outskirts of the town. Westminister, Putney. and Brattleboro follow and finally South Vernon and Northfield, a peaceful little village located on the Central Vermont Railroad, and roted as the site of the Northfield Summer School, established by the late evangelist, D. L. Moody. South Vernon is a southern point of New Hampshire, but the old Granite State has other fields and at no great distance, for just twenty-four miles north of South Vernon, passing through Hinsdale, Ashuelot, Winchester, Westport, all pleasing little rural communities, is Keene, prosperous and picturesque in the domains of Mt. Moradnock. Keene is a growing city, hustling in her industrial progress but in the en virons mentioned. the vacationist will find the character and quality of scenery and the opportunities for summer enjoyment equal if not surpassing places of far greater renown. At West Swanzey, Denman Thompson, author of "The Old