Going still further south we find just north-east of Great Barrington a vast mass to which the ugly name of Beartown Mountain was applied by our forefathers.  Its altitude is nearly equal to that of the other great hills of Berkshire, but being quite gradual in ascent, and much rounded, does not impress the traveller as much as it might, and there are no peaks from which a good view is obtainable.  Just west of this is a hill that deserves mention.  It is called Monument Mountain, and was so named because of a great pile of stones found at its southern extremity, and supposed to have been placed there by the aborigines to commemorate some important event.  This hill rises only about five hundred feet above the plain, but its eastern side presents an imposing appearance, being an almost perpendicular wall of quartz.  From the top there is an excellent view.  Saddle Mountain can be seen, and portions of the Green Mountains, while to the west the Catskills, blue and dim in the distance, appear through a depression in the Taconic range.  Near the highest part of the cliff a pinnacle of quartz has been parted from the main mass, and forms a tower fifty feet high, called Pulpit Rock.  It was standing not long ago, but the frost may have toppled it over ere this.

Before leaving this portion of Berkshire we must visit the township of Mount Washington, near Sheffield.  It consists wholly of an immense hill, and the few inhabitants dwell in a valley that is two thousand feet above tide water.  This valley is bounded on the west by the Taconic range, which a little farther south rises nearly one thousand feet above the valley, and is there called Alender Mountain, and on the east by an imposing peak, originally called Ball, or Bald, Mountain, but which Professor Hitchcock named Mount Everett, in honor of Edward Everett, at that time Governor of Massachusetts.  Mount Washington is not as well known as it should be.  Comparatively few people in the State, outside of Berkshire, are even aware that such a town exists.  But it would be a delightful place in which to spend a quiet summer.  It is cool and healthy, the air is clear and bracing, and the scenery simply superb.  The view from Mount Everett fully equals, if it does not surpass, that from Greylock.  In whatever direction the spectator looks a most glorious display greets his eyes.  Peak rises above peak on all sides, and the blue surfaces of lakes and ponds in the vicinity greatly enhance the beauty of the scene; while the charming valley through which winds the Hoosatonic River stretches far to the north and south.

One more locality must be visited before leaving this Alpine county of Berkshire, and that is Hoosac Mountain.  Before the tunnel was completed a stage ran from the east side over the mountain and down into North Adams; so there is a good road all the way over.  The walk is by no means difficult, and one feels well repaid for his labor.  The road runs quite near the three main shafts that go down to the tunnel beneath.