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counter-clockwise to the left, the more prominent peaks to be seen were the triplet mountains along the north shore of Fourth Lake, Becker, Onondaga and Fulton; Mt. Fernow; Higley; Seventh Lake Mountain; Indian Mt.; Mt. Panther; Beaver Mt., Blue Mt., and way to the north-east dimly could be seen the peaks of Haystack, Mc Intyre, Santononi, Baker and Ampersand with Marcy towering above all.

Viewed from Black Bear the most impressive of all these mountains is Blue Mt., most appropriately named.

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[[underlined]] On Black Bear [[/underlined]]

Rising up to about 3800 feet from country of a comparatively low altitude, it appears by far the largest mountain in view. Our plans for the future did not permit us to make a trip to this mountain but it is certainly worth taking. Excursions are made twice a week from Fourth Lake. A steamer picks up the passengers early in the morning and carries them to Eagle Bay where they board a train for Raquette Lake Landing. Here a boat takes them across Raquette Lake and up, the beautiful, winding Marion River, through Utowana and Eagle Lakes to Blue Mountain Lake. Sufficient time is given to climb the mountain. It is well for excursionists to take their luncheon with them if they expect to ascend to the summit as there is hardly time to dine at the hotel. The mountain is a long continuous ascent, not very steep at any one time and with no rocks as in the case of Black Bear and Bald. At the summit a tower of rough logs has been constructed