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 Yegetation. 



5. General Features. 



Marsh Plants upon High Mountains ; Peculiarities of \'alleys ; of Mountains : Windfalls ; De- 

 vastating Fires ; A \\'alk tlirough the Forest ; Winter; Autumn ; Mixed Flocks. 



6. Botany. 



Forest Trees ; I'nder.slirubs ; Smaller Flowering Plants and Herbs ; Mosses ; Lichens. 



7. F'aunal Position. 



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



