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Natice of the White Mountains. if 
New-Hampshire. Local names are given to different 
sections. ‘Uhe most interesting pass of this chain is by 
the Portland and Lancaster road. After travelling a con- 
At a eastern base of thes c inddaieid a wide and rich 
alluvial valley is observed, in which a considerable lake, 
and the pleasant village of Fryburgh are situated. For 
several miles the road winds through an extensive fertile 
plain, watered by the serpentine Sacc. The course of this 
stream is marked by elms, many of them of uncommon 
altitude and beauty. Strikin ng views are often presented 
of the White and Franconia Mountains. The valley grad- 
ually became more narrow as it penetrated the mountains, 
and was in dense shade, while the retiring sun illuminated 
the summits, and tinged the clouds resting on them with 
purple and gold. For thirty miles, the road winds among 
—, eames groves are unaffected by these sources 
of destruc 
uous beds and ledges of granite, gneiss, aad 
Pas nspie 
sienite, extensively a the surface of mountains, 
Wrecks from the pineral an 
its banks, evince the power of his stream in its spring 
shorn of its foam, it feebly murmured by, pre- 
senting fow rapids, and no falls of consequence. 
