Against the western limb of the bowl, and a few hundred feet 

 below the crest, abuts the "tableland," an almost absolutely plane 

 surface, inclined to the northwest at an angle of from five to 

 seven degrees, and having a length of a mile and a half, and an 

 area of more than five hundred acres. This "tableland" is 

 bounded by a sharp brow from which extend several spurs. 

 The South spur, a short, blunt projection widened at its tip, 

 arises a few hundred yards west of West peak and runs slightly 

 southeastward. The Southwest spur, a long, narrow ridge, has 

 its origin at the southwest corner of the "tableland" and, bending 

 sharply, runs a few degrees south of southwest. Midway 

 between these two spurs and about a half mile below the brow is 

 the head of the southwest slide. 



From the West peak there is a sharp descent northward and 

 westward, into which the "tableland" merges, down to the level 

 of 4,250 feet ; here, with the table land, it passes into the lowest 

 part of the Central mountain, termed the "saddle." Northward 

 from the saddle there gradually arises a rounded knob, the first 

 North peak (4,700). By a moderate depression of the crest, 

 this peak is separated from a second similar one, slightly lower 

 and three-fourths of a mile farther to the northeast. Approx- 

 imately one-half mile beyond along the crest is a third minor 

 peak, some seventy-five feet lower than the first. The "saddle" 

 thus naturally divides the peaks into two groups, known respect- 

 ively as the North and South mountains. 



From the First and Second North peaks two sharp, narrow 

 spurs extend eastward enclosing the North basin. (Fig. i). 

 This basin, opening slightly south of east, resembles in shape the 

 capital letter U. At the mouth, midway between the tips of the 

 two spurs, is a knoll rising 50 feet, perhaps, above the floor of the 

 basin proper (3,700 feet). About a mile long and half a mile 

 wide it has an area of approximately 320 acres. In its floor are 

 two small morainic ponds. 



Between the more southern of these two spurs and the point 

 of Pomola is enclosed the bowl of the hook, the great basin, 

 (3,000 feet) which forms a vast amphitheatre. Viewed from 

 above this basin bears a striking resemblance to an old volcanic 

 crater. Approximately stated this great cirque is "from summit 



