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new name by appointing a day, when in the presence of a crowd 

 the new appellation may be applied formally with appropriate 

 ceremonies. Then if the community think well of the project, the 

 old name will soon be forgotten. 



We have been much gratified at the reception which a few 

 suggestions of this nature in our last report have received. We 

 suggested the name of Mount Pomola for one of the Katahdin 

 summits, and Mount Matagamon for a precipitous summit on the 

 west side of Matagamon or Grand lake on the east branch of the 

 Penobscot. These names have very kindly been placed by Mr. 

 Chace upon the State map without any solicitation. We have no 

 doubt that whatever finds a place there, will be permanent. 



With a view to geographical improvement, we cannot resist 

 the temptation to suggest one more change of name, in addi- 

 tion to those spoken of in a previous part of the report on the 

 Schoodic waters, (which are more properly a restoration of the old 

 appellations than the suggesting of new ones.) It would simplify 

 the nomenclature of the branches of the Penobscot river to give a 

 new name either to the east or the west branch. The west branch 

 is the largest and longest, and therefore should retain the name of 

 Penobscot in full. An appropriate name for the east branch might 

 be derived from the largest lake through which it passes ; viz : 

 Matagamon ; and therefore we would suggest for it the name of 

 Matagamon river, (pronounced Mat-tag'-a-mon.) The word in the 

 original Indian dialect signifies grand. We should have then a 

 lake, mountain and river of the same name, which would easily be 

 associated together in the minds of all, students, citizens and 

 visitors. 



By a strange coincidence, the name Pomola was applied many 

 years ago by Mr. Young, a botanist, to the same peak to which 

 we thought it appropriate last year. The earlier suggestion is of 

 itself alone worthy of adoption ; and the coincidence of suggestion 

 would show that a necessity existed for the application of the 

 name of this Indian Deity to one of the peaks which he was sup- 

 posed to inhabit. 



Geology of the St. John Waters. 



We suppose the rocks upon the St. John waters, as far as the 

 mouth of Black river, are the same with those already described 

 upon the upper portion of the Penobscot, viz : micaceous schists 



