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peaks. Our most recent calculations place this summit in the east edge 

 of Waterville. Passaconnaway lies a little north of the main ridge. The 

 space between this and Chocorua is occupied by low, ragged mountains. 



Chocorua is the sharpest of all the New Hampshire summits, and can 

 be the most easily recognized and located on this account. One of the 

 heliotypes gives a distant view, and the annexed figure illustrates the 

 appearance of the peak near at hand. The cone is composed of an 



Fig. 31. SUMMIT OF CIIOCORUA. 



uncommon variety of granite. To the eastward the mountains gradually 

 fall off till the plains of Comvay are reached. The country south of this 

 mountain range is low and undulating. 



