BOOKS BY
Walter P. Eaton

THE BOY SCOUTS OF BERKSHIRE. A story of how the Chipmunk Patrol was started, what they did and how they did it.

BOY SCOUTS IN THE DISMAL SWAMP. A story of Boy Scouting in the Dismal Swamp.

BOY SCOUTS IN THE WHITE MOUNTAINS. A story of a hike over the Franconia and Presidential Ranges.

BOY SCOUTS OF THE WILDCAT PATROL. A story of Boy Scouting.

PEANUT—CUB REPORTER. A Boy Scout’s life and adventures on a newspaper.

BOY SCOUTS IN GLACIER PARK. The adventures of two young Easterners in the heart of the High Rockies.

BOY SCOUTS AT CRATER LAKE. A Story of the High Cascades.

BOY SCOUTS ON KATAHDIN. A story of the Maine Woods.

HAWKEYE’S ROOMMATE. A story of the very life of a truly American prep school—how the boys studied, played and found lasting friendships and learned the lessons of life.

Boy Scouts in the White Mountains
THE STORY OF A LONG HIKE

By
WALTER PRICHARD EATON
ILLUSTRATED BY
FRANK T. MERRILL

Docendo discimus

W. A. WILDE COMPANY
BOSTON CHICAGO

Boy Scouts in the White Mountains

NOTE

The author and publishers desire to express their appreciation of the courtesy extended by Small Maynard & Co. for the use of the black and white plates used in this volume, which are taken from their “White Mountain Trails” and also to “The Northward-Ho” for the use of the reproduction of the Presidential Range used on the cover.

To
Sydney Bruce Snow

In memory of a cheerful fire
and a doleful broken egg
beside the
Lakes of the Clouds

Boy Scouts in the White MountainsTHE STORY OF A LONG HIKE

Boy Scouts in the White Mountains
THE STORY OF A LONG HIKE