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with Franquelin; next is Bailey, and then follows a series of six or more 

 crests, which are to be named for the geologists who have investigated 

 the structure of the province, and which, therefore, may well be called 

 the Geologists' Range. But on these matters future communications 

 will be made to the Society. 



The impression of this plateau which one gains by viewing it 

 from either Nictor or Nepisiguit lakes is extremely misleading. Thus 



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View from summit o/ Sqyamock (en- Bald) ntountai n southward over Jits Head ana Carleton 



Fig. 11. 



the summit of Mount Carleton is not visible at all from Nictor Lake 

 nor from the Upper Nepisiguit Lake, though it is from the Lower 

 Nepisiguit Lakes. Again, the summit of Sagamook is not visible 

 from the Upper Nepisiguit Lake, but only from the lower lakes. 

 It is only by visiting the summits of these mountains and comparing 

 the different views thus obtained, that one can gain a correct knowl- 

 edge of their relationships. 



A great charm of these mountains is the view from their summits. 

 That from Sagamook is particularly grand. From the naked bosses 



Winshiv /ram Carleton 



Sagamcok and Head from Carleton 





Big Jjald anj Ten- 

 erifjc frim Saoame'A 



Fia. 18. 



at the west end one can look away over the rolling Silurian plateau to 

 the mountains of Quebec and Maine, while from the highest point of 

 the mountain, a bare place near the eastern end of the ridge, one can 

 see far off to the north and east, and the fine range of mountains 

 through which runs the Nepisiguit, and the great mass from which 

 rises Big Bald on the South Branch. But even these views are sur- 



