2j2 PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. 



directly opposite the village, is named Monadnock, for the same reason as 

 in the other instance. This peak is in another state, and is not visited at 

 all by tourists. Hence it is not worth while to attempt any change in its 

 designation at present, though it may be desirable hereafter. 



The north boundary of the state is placed at 45 north latitude. This 

 may have been occasioned by the change of the relations of the province, 

 in 1784, to the mother country. 



Carrigain's Map. 



The legislatures of 1803 and 1805 directed that a map of the state 

 should be compiled under the direction of the secretary of state, Philip 

 Carrigain, from town surveys returned to the secretary's office. The 

 map was made by joining together numerous separate surveys of town- 

 ships made by different engineers, and consequently of variable value. 

 It was not published till 18 16. 



Were care taken to discover all the steps of the process of the manu- 

 facture of this projection, the space of several chapters would be occupied 

 by their rehearsal. The fact that eleven years passed while the work was 

 preparing, indicates that much tribulation must have been endured by the 

 author in his attempts to average the errors. His results, with which 

 alone we need now be concerned, were exceedingly creditable, both to the 

 author and to the state. I do not recall the existence of any state map 

 in the country so good as this, which was published at so early a period. 

 What are now seen to have been defects in the plan of its construction 

 were unavoidable at that time, without the experience of subsequent 

 years of labor by engineers. 



The atlas contains a half-size facsimile of Carrigain's map, which may 

 be consulted in connection with the description, or for more minute study 

 of localities. It was copied from uncolored sheets, kindly furnished by 

 Hon. S. N. Bell. The following is the title of it, which is not reproduced 

 in the heliotype. 



NEW HAMPSHIRE By recent survey made under the Supreme Authority and 

 published according to law by Philip Carrigain Councillor at Law and late secretary of 

 state. To His Excellency John Taylor Gilman Esq, and to the Honorable the Legisla- 

 ture of the State of New Hampshire, this map commenced under their auspices and 

 matured by their patronage is most respectfully inscribed by their obliged servant, 

 Philip Carrigain. Concord, 1816. 



