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PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. 



The profile is made of 

 Jio three jutting masses of 

 jH rock, in different verti- 

 2 cal lines. One piece 

 % makes the forehead, 

 g the second the nose 

 and upper lip, and the 

 third the chin. The 

 rock is about 1 200 feet 

 above the lake, and 40 

 feet in length. Mr. 

 Oakes puts the length, 

 from the top of the 

 forehead to the lowest 



in point of the chin, at 



o 



S twice this figure. Its 

 a length was measured 

 g by the young men 



$ from Dartmouth col 

 es 

 ^ lege, in our exploring 



V party of 1871, and 

 found to be from 36 

 .S to 40 feet. 



The rock is an or 

 dinary granite, quite 

 friable from decompo 

 sition. Judging from 

 the specimens, I should 

 say that portions of the 

 ^ pieces composing the 

 ~ profile are liable to fall 

 Q at any time. The dis- 

 % integration has gone 

 ^ on so far that the rock 

 ^ crumbles under the 



t/3 



pressure of one s fin- 



