CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. 



GENERAL INTRODUCTION. 



I. Location and Boundaries. 

 2. GEOLOtiicAL History. 



Geology ; Soil. 



3. TOPOGRAl'IIV. 



Character of Mountains; Altitudes; Black River side; Champlain side; Natural .\veiuie 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 Vegetation. 



5. General Features. 



Marsh Plants upon High Mountains ; Peculiarities of Valleys ; of Mountains ; Windfalls ; De- 

 vastating Fires ; A Walk through the Forest ; Winter ; Autumn ; Mi.\ed Flocks. 



6. Botany. 



Forest Trees ; Undershrubs ; Sm.aller Flowering Plants and Herbs ; Mosses ; Lichens. 



7. Faunal Position. 



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



