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PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. 



Gorham to Jackson, quite near the Peabody and Ellis valleys, while on 

 the east the slope towards the Androscoggin is quite gradual. Mt. Moriah 

 is one of the more northern peaks of this chain. Fig. 19, p. 146, will 

 show its features. The view is from a point in the Androscoggin valley 

 in Shelburne. The distance is so great that the stern, rugged features of 

 the mountain are much softened. Wild river occupies a broad valley 

 in Bean s Purchase, trending north-easterly. The highest part of the 

 Carter range lies next the Peabody river ; and the western slope is much 

 steeper than the eastern. A view of Mt. Carter, from a point south of 

 the village of Gorham, is quite impressive, as exhibited in the sketch. 



Fig. 22. MT. CARTER, FROM GORHAM. 



Imp mountain lies between Moriah and Carter. There is a very deep 

 notch between Height s and Carter s mountains, in the edge of Jackson. 

 The east branch of Ellis river flows from it south-easterly ; and the range 

 courses easterly so as to form the entire westerly and southerly rim of 

 the Wild river basin. Several tributaries flow to Wild river on the north ; 

 and others to the Saco on the south of this easterly range. It curves 

 more northerly near the Maine line, terminating, so far as New Hamp 

 shire is concerned, in Mt. Royce, directly on the border. 



