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For the first fifteen miles there is an unbroken primeval forest ; then for 

 seven miles it is still a wilderness, but in New Hampshire all the large 

 timber has been taken off by lumbermen ; thence southward, clearings 

 alternate with the forest until we reach Chatham, whence southward the 

 country is settled. At first the descent is quite rapid, but, on reaching 

 the branches of the Magalloway, for several miles the country is com 

 paratively level. But it soon rises, and we pass over Mt. Abbott, and 

 here we touch the water-shed between the Connecticut and the Magallo 

 way ; and this is the only point where it reaches the line of Maine. 

 Leaving Mt. Abbott, the line descends somewhat, but in a mile and a 

 quarter it reaches the summit of Mt. C arm el, which is the highest point 

 on our eastern boundary. South from Mt. Carmel the line crosses sev 

 eral branches of the Magalloway, passes over Prospect hill, and the next 

 stream of any considerable size is the Little Magalloway. From this 

 stream the line passes over a ridge of Bosebuck mountain, and on 

 on the southern border of the Academy grant it crosses Abbott brook. 

 Along the border of the Academy and Dartmouth College grants the 

 contour of the line is very irregular, but Half Moon mountain is the only 

 noticeable height. South of this mountain the line crosses an open bog, 

 and near the mouth of the Swift Diamond it twice crosses the Magallo 

 way river, and it crosses it a third time near the north border of Went- 

 worth s Location. In Errol it crosses Umbagog lake, touching two points 

 of land on the eastern shore. On the border of Cambridge, the first 

 town south of Umbagog lake, the line crosses the Hampshire hills, and 

 several branches of the Androscoggin. In Success it crosses the 

 Chickwolnepy, then runs along the western slope of Goose Eye mountain, 

 passes over Mt. Ingalls, and then on the border of Shelburne it descends 

 to the Androscoggin. Southward it crosses a ridge of land, and two 

 miles and four tenths from the Androscoggin it strikes Wild river ; then 

 with varying undulations it rises until it reaches the summit of Mt. 

 Royce, whence the descent is very precipitous to the open country on 

 Cold river, in Chatham and Stow. The boundary follows the valley of 

 this stream below Chatham centre, and on the south line of Chatham it 

 crosses Kimball pond, and leaves only a small part of it in New Hamp 

 shire. In Conway it crosses the Saco, thence passes over a gently undu 

 lating country, except that there is quite a hill just before it crosses the 



