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The mountains, in the midst of which we are, con- 

 sist of several ranges running pretty nearly parallel. 

 At one time they are called all together the Blue 

 Mountains and again the Alleghany Mountains, but 

 these designations belong more exactly to individual 

 ranges ; for each of the sundry ranges has its own 

 name. The easternmost of all is the often mentioned 

 North or Kittatinny Mountain which is often pref- 

 erably called the Blue Mountain merely. Between it 

 and the South Mountain lying parallel and farther 

 east, runs the broad, beautiful, and rich limestone 

 valley which we followed a distance of 140 miles from 

 Nazareth to Shippensburg ; this extends much farther 

 towards the south, into Carolina and perhaps Georgia. 

 Behind the Kittatinny, to the west, lie several indefi- 

 nite ranges following the same direction. Among these 

 are the ranges observed on the road from Fort London 

 to this place, the Tuscarora, Shade Mountain, Black- 

 log, Sideling-hill, Rayshill, Aleguippy, and Evits 

 Mountain ; and before us now, between Bedford and 

 Pittsburg, are Willis's Mountain, Alleghany, Laurel- 

 hill, Chesnut-hill, and others. But the continuations of 

 these mountains have most of them other names 

 farther north (as will be recalled from the journey to 

 Wyoming) , and others again farther south ; but they 

 all belong together and form a principal chain of 

 mountains. This chain begins really near the Hudson 

 river in New York, and thence runs through almost all 

 the more southern provinces, in a direction from north- 

 east to southwest, and in consequence pretty nearly on 

 a parallel with the eastern coasts washed by the At- 

 lantic ocean, from which these mountains keep a dis- 

 tance of 100-150 miles, and farther south 200 miles. 



