Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast
CHAPTER II.
MOUNT DESERT ISLAND.
About Islands.--Champlain's Discovery.--Mount Desert Range.--Somesville, and the Neighborhood.--Colony of Madame De Guercheville.--Descent of Sir S. Argall.--Treasure-trove.--Shell-heaps.--South-west Harbor.--The natural Sea-wall.--Islands off Somes's Sound 27