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a little east of south through Jaffrey, and partly through Rindge ; it then 

 turns north-east to Kidder mountain in the south-west corner of Temple, 

 from which it extends south-west across the west part of New Ipswich to 

 the Massachusetts line. 



Altitudes along this principal water-shed of the state have been already 

 given on pp. 209-211. From the course of this line it will be seen that 

 the drainage area of the Connecticut river in New Hampshire is of com- 

 paratively uniform width, the water-shed averaging about sixteen miles 

 distant from the river. The point of least width is in the north part of 

 Orford, where it is contracted to five miles. The farthest part drained 

 by this river system from New Hampshire is in New Ipswich, thirty 

 miles from the Connecticut at its nearest point. The length of this basin 

 in New Hampshire, in a direct line, is 185 miles. 



Merrimack River, Eastern Watershed. The line dividing the Merri- 

 mack basin from those of the Saco and Piscataqua begins about three 

 miles south-west from the White Mountain notch, and runs nearly south 

 over Willey, Carrigain, Tripyramid, Black, and Sandwich mountains, 

 passing through Elkins's grant, the east part of Waterville, and the 

 west part of Sandwich, to a point about a mile and a half north of Squam 

 lake. Here it turns to the east, passing between Red Hill and Bear 

 Camp ponds, thence south-east to Ossipee mountain in the east part of 

 Moultonborough, thence through the east part of Tuftonborough to a 

 point one half mile south of Upper Beech pond, around which it passes, 

 running north-east to a point about one mile east of Water Village. 



The place where this water-shed line approaches nearest to Lake Win- 

 nipiseogee is west of Upper Beech pond, one of its bays being here three 

 miles distant. The farthest point that is drained into Winnipiseogee is 

 that last named, being on the north side of Batson pond, seven miles 

 from the lake. 



Thence it follows nearly the north-east and south-east boundaries of 

 Wolfeborough to Mt. Delight, passing within one mile of Smith's pond. 

 Thence it extends south through the west part of Brookfield, over Crop- 

 pie Crown mountain, thence south-west through New Durham, nearly 

 to Downing's mills, passing one mile south-east from Merry-meeting lake. 

 Here the course again turns south to the west corner of Farmington, 

 then south-east three miles to the Blue Hills range, which it follows 



