Excerpt from Adventures in the Wilderness We will suppose our traveller comfortably seated a few moments before the time of starting, and will engage his attention by a brief sketch of the several routes and their attractions. Tourists say there is no more diversified and pleasing scenery east of the Missouri River than that along this line. It is attracting more and more attention every year. After leaving Boston, the first stopping - place of note is Waltham, where the celebrated American watches are manufactured. A fine view of the factory may be had on the left. As you approach Concord, on the right may be seen Walden Pond, a beautiful sheet of water, which is said. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.