CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. 



GENERAL INTRODUCTION 



i. LOCATION AND BOUNDARIES. 

 2. GEOLOGICAL HISTORY. 



Geology ; Soil. 



3. TOPOGRAPHY. 



Character of Mountains ; Altitudes ; Black River side ; Champlain side ; Natural Avenue from 

 New York to the St. Lawrence, below Montreal ; Characteristic Birds of the mountains 

 and valley about Lake George. 



4. CLIMATE. 



Snow ; Temperature ; Relation between Temperature and Altitude ; Sudden Changes of Tem- 

 perature ; Rain-fall ; Humidity, and its Influence upon Vegetation. 



5. GENERAL FEATURES. 



Marsh Plants upon High Mountains ; Peculiarities of Valleys : of Mountains ; Windfalls ; De- 

 vastating Fires ; A Walk through the Forest ; Winter; Autumn ; Mixed Flocks. 



6. BOTANY. 



Forest Trees ; Undershrubs ; Smaller Flowering Plants and Herbs ; Mosses ; Lichens. 



7. FAUNAL POSITION. 



As Illustrated by the Mammals ; Birds ; Lepidoptera, and Plants. 



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