The Great Bore
A Souvenir Of The Hoosac Tunnel

63 can be looked into,—Massachusetts, Connecticut, Vermont, New Hampshire and New York. To the north-west, Williamstown nestles lovingly down between the hills. Beyond the town are the fertile fields and graceful slopes of the Taconic mountains. Still further to the north-west are the Adirondack's. To the north is North Adams, almost hidden from sight by the intervening foot-hills of the Saddle. Higher up, in the same direction, is the Stamford valley, with the little village of Stamford, Vermont, in plain view and the Green mountains and the Hoosacs growing more and more indistinct as they gradually fade away in the distance. At the base of the Saddle, on the east, is the Hoosac valley, with its richly cultivated fields; the town of Adams, with its outlying settlements, Renfrew and Zylonite, their houses and factories stretching along the south branch of the Hoosac and flanked by the easy slopes of the Hoosac range, beyond which a glimpse of the Deerfield valley can be had. South-east are the celebrated peaks of the Connecticut valley, Mount 1 om and Mount Holy- oke. In the east is Wachusett, a king among the smaller eminences surrounding it. I o the north-east Mount Monadnock, in New Hampshire, rises in soli- tary grandeur 3,450 feet above the sea level. Io the south is Cheshire, Lanesboro, the birthplace of