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The Carter mountain group sends five spurs into Jackson and Chatham. 

 The first is the continuation of Height's mountain, adjoining the Pinkham 

 road, to Spruce and Eagle mountains, near Jackson village. The second 

 comes down from Carter mountain, to include Black and Tin mountains. 

 The third spur takes in Doublehead mountain, and is bordered easterly 

 by the east branch of the Saco and the Wildcat branch. Near the line 

 of Bean's Purchase and Chatham lies Baldface mountain, 3,600 feet high, 

 from which run the fourth and fifth spurs. The fourth comprises Sable 

 mountain, in Jackson, and its foot hills. The fifth is composed of 

 Mts. Eastman and Slope, in Chatham, which run into the Pequawket 

 area. 



3. Mt. Washington Range. The main range of Mt. Washington 

 extends from Gorham to Bartlett, about twenty-two miles. The culmi- 

 nating point is central, with a deep gulf towards Gorham, a slope on the 

 north, formed partially by the westerly Mt. Deception range, which also 

 produces the broad Ammonoosuc valley on the west, in connection with 

 the axial line of summits. On the south there are two principal valleys, 

 the more westerly occupying the depression of Dry or Mt. Washington 

 river, and the easterly passing down the slope of Rocky branch, which 

 travels easterly near its termination, so as to be parallel with the Saco in 

 Bartlett. Starting with the Androscoggin valley, the range commences 

 in the low Pine mountain. In the south-east corner of Gorham this is 

 intersected by the pass of the Pinkham road between Randolph and the 

 Glen house. Next, the land rises rapidly to the top of Mt. Madison, 5,400 

 feet. The range now curves westerly, passing over the summits of 

 Adams, Jefferson, and Clay. The gap between Clay and Washington is 

 the best place to behold the deep abyss in which the west branch of 

 Peabody river takes its rise. From Washington, one can easily discern 

 the east rim of the Great Gulf, for upon it is located the carriage-road 

 to the Glen house. From the Lake of the Clouds, and the eminence 

 south of Tuckerman's ravine to Madison, it is easy to imagine the area 

 an elevated plateau, of which Bigelow's lawn is a portion, out of which 

 Washington may rise 800 feet. On the east of Washington, two deep 

 ravines have been excavated, Tuckerman's and Huntington's. The first 

 runs easterly, and holds the head waters of Ellis river ; the second com- 

 mences at the southernmost angle of the carriage-road, at the fifth mile 



