safely ?aid," writes Dr. Kitchln. "that >
between North Woodstock and Echo | *
l^ike lie the most wonderful ten or 1
twelve miles of scenery in the White a
Mountains." As one drives up past
"the Flume," and "the Pool" and "Lost
River" the shading trees partly veil j '
the panorama, which stretches away
westward, and one comes almost suddenly
out upon the shore of Profile
Lake and, when he learns to rest in
the exact place, his eyes arc filled
with the most celebrated natural wonder
of these old hills?the "Old Man of |
the Mountain," an old man's profile I
hanging from the brow of the moun- i
tain, formed by three separate masses j
of rock, which form the illusion when |
seen from a single spot. As one moves i
only a little way in either direction I
" " ? ??^
William Cullen Bryant.
the "great stone face" vanishes in a
rugged mass of granite. The beauty
of Echo Lake and of the whole Franconia
Range is the permanent at- ' j
traction which draws many thousands ?
of the same visitors year after year a
to their reposeful beauty and air.
sparkling as champagne Dr.
