The "oldest inhabitant" believing it would rain on Thursday, which was the day first selected for the Mount Washington trip, there was a shifting of Wednesday's sessions to Thursday and Wednesday itself was made a day of recreation, library co-ordination and functions of Council being forgotten in an ascent of about 6000 feet by some 213 —16 miles of cog-railroad; in the enjoyment of some of the most wonderful panoramic mountain views, and in a dizzy descent in which many a dignified librarian was to be seen seated Turk fashion upon the wood piles in front of the funny, puffing little mountain engines, while others cast envious glances from points of vantage safer if less alluring. As Mount Washington could be "done" (in the Baedeker phrase) in a little more than half a day, those who ascended it in the morning had the afternoon for driving, strolls or other harmless occupations, while those who went up the mountain in the afternoon inverted that happy schedule, though there were some daring mountaineers who came down the mountain on foot.
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