It has the same air of a helmet, as seen from an eminence at the side, which you descend by a long and steep path.

The rock itself may be ascended by the bold and agile: half-way up is a niche, to which those who are neither can climb by a ladder.

A very handsome young officer and lady who were with us did so, and then, facing round, stood there side by side, looking in the niche, if not like saints or angels wrought by pious hands in stone, as romantically, if not as holily, worthy the gazer's eye.
The woods which adorn the central ridge of the island are very full in foliage, and, in August, showed the tender green and pliant leaf of June elsewhere.

They are rich in beautiful mosses and the wild raspberry.
From Fort Holmes, the old fort, we had the most commanding view of the lake and straits, opposite shores, and fair islets.

Mackinaw itself is best seen from the water.