Lovell, Capt. John Lands purchased of the Indians, 132 Moore, Martin Letters, Dr. Franklin's Land, persecutions of Lancaster, settled, destruction of fortification of re-settled, attack on grant of land to Lexington, fight at Lowell, Mr. Love that springs in tears, Leicester, Joseph Bass of Moose Head lake, Mumford's river, Mines of diamond, prosperous condition of Miller's river, Mine Hill, in Templeton, 73 Norridgewock, situation of 112 Nashua, river 90 108 Oosamequin, 111 Ordway, Dr. 112 Osgood, 113 Osgood, Dea. of Sterling, 90 116 Prentice, Capt. Thomas 379 380 20 194 Matthas, 382 52 89 129 Number of towns, 110 193 Nar hagansetts, 131 195 Nashuas, 131 52 Otter river, 116 136 101 Oxford, attacked, 194 214 THE WORCESTER MAGAZINE AND Historical Journal. MISCELLANEOUS. ORIGINAL. A RAMBLE AMONG THE WHITE MOUNTAINS. FROM the period of the first settlement of New England down to the present time, the giant heights then called the "Crystal Hills," and since denominated the White Mountains, have attracted the attention, and tempted the visits of many a curious and inquisitive traveller. They have now become the resort of the idle wanderers who pursue pleasure even on their barren summits, or of the scientific enquirers, who explore their rocky sides with unbounded industry, who consider themselves happy, and their toils rewarded, if, perchance, they discover some quaint moss or obscure lichen, invisible to common observers and unknown to former learned strollers. The crowds of visitors of the colossal piles, plunder nothing but a few perishing flowers, withered grasses, or mineral fragments: they leave to every new climber, the severe labors of ascending, the sublime views from the summits, and all the novelty and grandeur of mountain scenery. The White Mountains are indeed most interesting objects. Standing as they do in a rude and wild region, not remarkable for towering elevations, they are distinguished for their lofty height. Mount Washington, the tallest of the brothers, is said to exceed in altitude, the Alleghanies of the South, and the Green Mountains of the North, by nearly 2,500 feet. He even rises above the more celebrated peaks of other more romantic lands: Olympus, connected as he is with so many classic recollections, is only of equal stature. Ben Nevis, the most elevated land in the island of Great Britain, and Snowdon, the king of the Welsh Hills, are lower by more than 2,000 feet. It was in the pleasant season of spring, that the writer, in |