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American travel diary of an unknown Englishman, 1864

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peculiar, after a fire the under wood grows up very quickly then you may see groups of white birch stems or browned firs standing up like ghosts among the bright green which surrounds them also where the fires have been recent the brown spots along the hill sides are a relief to the endless green. A N. Yorker who set fire by accident to an island in Lake Winnipisaukee the other day had to pay 1000$. July 27 By stage to Crawford House First the reins broke, then passing over one of the bridges one of the bars gave way dined at 2 started for ascent of Mount Washington at 3 arrived at the summit at 7. distance about 9 miles height
 
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