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adjacent; so that there are fine places of resort among them for the 

 student of Natural History. The Salmo Oquassa, Girard, or blue 

 back trout, an uncommon variety of dace, and a red-sided sucker, 

 are peculiar to these waters. The 'togue and pickerel are not 

 found here. 



On the west side of Mooseluckmaguntic lake is the thoroughfare 

 to Mollychunkemunk lake, a shallow wide stream very full of 

 boulders. A very fine dam is built about half way across it for 

 the benefit of the lumber owners, and a good corporation house is 

 located here, besides a house erected for the benefit of the ama- 

 teurs. We had no time to stop here, but leaving one boat behind 

 took another on the next lake. Birch canoes are not used upon 

 these lakes at all, while in the other lakes of the State they are 

 generally esteemed more highly than the heavier row-boats. 



Instantly after emerging from the woods skirting Mollychunke- 

 munk lake, a beautiful view bursts upon one. Two large and sing- 

 ularly shaped mountains appear on the right, while to the left are 

 still higher immense granite piles, interesting because in contrast 

 with the sugar-loafed shaped Eskahos, or Eziskahos mountain of 

 many authors. They are all of granite. Eskahos lies between this 

 lake and Wilson's mills. It is bare on one side, looking very much 

 as if it had been cleared by man, as much of its surface is yet green. 

 The shores of this lake resemble those of the previous one. Some 

 parts of it are, however, low and sandy, forming quite a large 

 meadow, which is too sandy to be very fertile. The surroundings 

 are similar on Welokenobacook lake, the next of this chain, and 

 the last one above Umbagog. At the south end of this lake are 

 several ledges of granite, and sandy beaches are not uncommon. 

 There is another dam across the outlet of Welokenebacook lake, 

 and also another hospitable corporation house. These last two 

 lakes frequently pass under the general name of Richardson lake. 

 The granite extends for three miles below the south end of Welo- 

 kenebacook on the road to Andover, where it is succeeded by 

 gneissoid mica schist. 



It is necessary to carry between Welokenebacook and Umbagog 

 lakes, a distance of five or six miles ; but we had not time for the 

 undertaking. The rock about Umbagog lake according to Mr. 

 Goodale's notes last year, is mostly granite. Beyond Wilson's 

 mill on the Megalloway river the rock is said to be clay slate. 



But we have a threefold evidence of the existence of a fossilifer- 



