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falls at S wanton, seven miles from its mouth, 

 Michiscoiii, Lamoille, and Onion river, are 

 nearly of the same magnitude. 



On the east side of the green mountains, the 

 rivers are not so large as those on the west, but 

 they are more numerous. The largest of them 

 are Wantastitquek or West river, White river, 

 and Poousoomsuck. Wantastitquek has its 

 main source in Bromley, about three miles 

 southeast from the head of Otter creek. Its 

 course is to the southeast j it receives seven or 

 eig-ht smaller streams ; and after running about 

 thirty seven miles, fills into Connecticut river 

 at Brattleborouo-h. At its mouth this river is 

 about fifteen rods wide, and ten or twelve feet 

 deep. 



TiiE north branch of White river, rises in 

 Kingston. The south branch has its source iri 

 Philadelphia. From Kingston, the general 

 course of this river is southerly ; its length a- 

 bout fifty miles ; it receives six or seven lesser 

 streams ; and falls into Connecticut river at 

 Hartford. White river abounds with falls and 

 rapids ; at its mouth it is about eighteen rods 

 in width, but not more than ten feet in depth. 



Poousoomsuck,' rises from a pond in West- 

 more. Its course is southerly ; it is made up 

 of ten lesser streams ; and after running about 

 fort}^ five miles, it joins Connecticut river in 

 Barnet. It is there twelve rods wide, and eight 

 feet deep. 



CoNNEcncuT river, into which these 

 streams fall, forms the eastern boundarv of the 

 gtate. The original Indian aame, ^vhich it stiU 



