TOPOGRAPHY. 



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just behind the prominent spruce tree in the centre of the foreground. 

 The tops of the ridge back of Huntington's ravine, and the one to the 

 extreme left, mark the edge of the 5,000 feet plateau about Mt. Washing- 

 ton. Mt. Washington itself rises above the plateau a little to the right 

 of the centre of the sketch. The projection between the two ravines is 

 known as Davis's Spur. 



These and other topographical features of the Mt. Washington range 

 are well represented upon a map designed to illustrate the Alpine and 

 sub- Alpine districts of Waumbek, which will appear in the chapter upon 

 the distribution of insects in New Hampshire. 



Past Mt. Washington the main range descends to the pass of the Lake 

 of the Clouds, the source of the Ammonoosuc river, 5,000 feet high. 

 The first mountain is Monroe a double, ragged peak scarcely ever visited, 

 the road passing around it. Next follow in order Mts. Franklin, Pleasant, 

 Clinton, Jackson, and Webster. The gaps between all these are small. 

 Mt. Pleasant may be recognized by its dome shape. Fig. 25 will give a 

 good idea of the ranges as seen from near the White Mountain house in 

 Carroll. The last peak on the right is a fragment of Jackson. It lies a 

 little back from the line ; and the road to Crawford's lies in front of it. 



Fig. 25. MT. WASHINGTON, FROM NEAR FABYAN'S. 



The valley in front is the broad basin of the Ammonoosuc ; and the 

 lower slopes of the Deception range on the left. Mt. Webster is a long 



