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Water 500 feet to the south. Lake Pleiad, a gem of beauty, stocked with trout. Permit for fishing can be obtained at Breadloaf Inn for a small fee.

Sucker Brook Shelter to Lake Pleiad Camp, 3 3/4 miles; time, 4 hours (southbound, a little less).

The Middlebury Gap is the gateway to the Battell Forest, a superb stand largely of first growth timber which extends from Mount Roosevelt on the north to White Rocks Mountain on the south and contains some 31,000 acres. This forest with Breadloaf Inn and a number of smaller detached tracts was bequeathed to Middlebury College by the late Col. Joseph Battell. One of the smaller tracts, detached from the main forest, and comprising over 4,000 acres, extends along the ridge of Lincoln Mountain to the north from the Lincoln-Warren Pass to the northern slope of Mount Ellen. The most of the Battell Forest, other than the Battell Park, has recently been sold to the U. S. Forest Service to be included in the Green Mountain National Forest. A large detailed map in colors, showing the Battell Forest, the Battell Park and the numerous trails in the vicinity of Breadloaf Inn, may be obtained from Forest Manager, Middlebury, Vt.

Middlebury Gap west to Breadloaf Inn, 2.6 miles (P. O., phone, supplies); stage twice daily to Middlebury (11 miles) on Rutland Railroad. (See advs. for hotels.) Guide books and Trail information at Middlebury Inn. Gap east to Hancock (6.5 miles), whence there is a stage 4 miles farther to Rochester. Autos can deliver passengers at Middlebury Gap from railroad points on either side of the Trail.

Middlebury is the seat of old Middlebury College, which has famous summer schools there, at Breadloaf Inn and at Bristol. It is a quiet, attractive town on the main line of railroad between Boston or New York, and Montreal. The Lake Pleiad Sec-

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tion of the Green Mountain Club maintains the Trail between the Brandon-Rochester Highway and Mount Roosevelt. For further information, write Prof. R. H. White, Sec'y, Middlebury, Vt.

For an inspiring near view of Lake Champlain and the Adirondacks a side trip may be made to Snake Mountain, 10 miles from Middlebury in the town of Addison. Fair auto road to summit where steel tower permits a view including sky line of a large portion of The Long Trail.

As The Long Trail continues north from Middlebury Gap, it soon begins to ascend a ridge. In about 1/2 mile at a sharp turn, a side trail leads to Silent Cliff and Cave, whence there is a striking view of Monastery Gap and the mountains to the south. About 1 1/2 miles farther on, the Trail leads to Burnt Hill Lookout, with a fine view to the west over the Ripton Basin. A short distance north of the Lookout, the Burnt Hill approach trail (blue blazes) diverges to Breadloaf Inn, three miles distant. This approach trail may be used by those who approach The Long Trail from Middlebury and Breadloaf Inn, and wish to go to Boyce Shelter and points north on the Trail. In another mile from the junction with the Burnt Hill Trail, The Long Trail reaches Boyce Shelter. A short distance before reaching Boyce Shelter the hiker notices a side trail that diverges west to join the Burnt Hill Trail leading to Breadloaf Inn. Distance from Burnt Hill or Boyce Shelter to Inn, about 3 miles.

Boyce Shelter, erected in 1925-26, is built with open front and of unpeeled logs. It has bunks for 12 or 15, stove, cooking utensils and good water.

Lake Pleiad Camp to Boyce Shelter, 3 1/4 miles; time, 4 hours, including side trip to Silent Cliff (southbound, a little less). Middlebury Gap to Boyce Shelter, 3 miles.