MOUNT PLEASANT. This is in the midst of a most attractive and very popular summer boarding region, with numerous hotels and resting places scattered here and there throughout the charming valley. Roads lead away among the romantic foot-hills of towering mountains to quiet little houses nestling in placid nooks among the brooks and bridges which dominate the locality. Of these there are some forty which receive their guests at this station. One is here surrounded by high mountains that rise abruptly and aggressively, although the ascents are not difficult. The view from Mt. Tremper, especially its western spur, is interesting and the trail is comparatively easy. The Esopus creek winds in and out, and lingers lovingly among the little patches of mountain meadow; and visitors are always delighted with this bit of the Ulster & Delaware valley.

But the train now speeds on this northerly course for about three miles, barely finding room between the assertive old creek and the wagon road for its track, so aggressive are the mountains on either side.