ROXBURY, that quaint and familiar old town, near the source of the East Branch, now over a hundred years old, is then reached. The altitude is 1,495 feet and the station is one of the important stops in the Delaware section. Many a family vacation is quietly and delightfully spent in and about this little village every summer, finding entertainment in the numerous dwellings of the residents. There are churches, schools, stores, factories and a weekly newspaper, and the place is noted for the quality and extent of its maple product. The elaborate and imposing granite structure seen at the upper end of the village soon after the train leaves the station, is the Gould Memorial Church. The grounds and stream intervening have been handsomely treated under the direction of Miss Helen Gould, who spends part of her summer at Roxbury, where her father was born and spent his early life.

The mountains are no longer conspicuous by their height in this locality, but seem like hills, in comparison to those you have been accustomed to on this route. For three or four miles the wayside aspect changes mainly in detail. But then you pass Irish Mountain on the right and soon afterward, Bald Mountain on the left, where the train curves almost at right angles into a deep gorge, running now four or five miles in a northwesterly direction. There is a return of rugged grandeur for a time, especially in the high, shelving rocks that jut out almost over the track as you approach the station of (Grand Gorge)