FOREST PICTURES IN THE ADIRONDACKS JOHN A. HOWS WITH ORIGINAL POEMS BY ALFRED B. STREET NEW YORK: JAMES G. GREGORY, 540, BROADWAY. M DCCC LXV. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1864, By JAMES G. GREGORY, In the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. C. A. ALVORD, ELECTROTYPER AND PRINTER. CONTENTS. AT REST 1 THE STORM MOUNTAIN 5 THE RAPIDS 9 THE SHALLOW 13 THE LOWER SARANAC 17 THE WATERFALL 21 THE MOUNTAIN RAVEN 25 THE CATARACT 29 MY CANOE 33 THE DEVIL’S PULPIT 37 THE BELL OWL 41 THE UPPER SARANAC 45 THE AUSABLE 49 BUTTERMILK FALLS 53 THE RACKET 57 THE LOON 61 The Illustrations engraved by Messrs. BOBBETT & HOOPER. AT REST. THE soft Southwest says, Take thy rest To-day upon Nature’s kindly breast! Those trees, that throw a network glow, Of sable and gold, on the floor below, Gleamed out last night, enamelled bright In the kindling flush of my camp-fire’s light. From far crept fine the panther’s whine, And moaned and moaned the sorrowing pine. The hemlock spread my fragrant bed, And I lay till the live roof sang o’erhead. Yes, balmy breeze, I’ll take sweet ease, Brimful of blisses, under the trees! On yon dim spray, in russet gray, Sits the Saranac Nightingale piping away! That speck upon the cloud just won, Is the black mountain eagle drinking the sun! I’ll launch my boat, and idly float O’er the winding water, and all things note: All things that gleam along the stream-- Water-bird, water-fly, blossom, or beam. And thus the hours I’ll wing with flowers, And speed them away in these dreamy bowers. [Illustration] THE STORM MOUNTAIN.