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Fig. 70. PEABODY RIVER AND MT. WASHINGTON. 



CHAPTER XVIII. 



SCENOGRAPHICAL GEOLOGY. 



>HE thousands of people who visit the White Mountains in the 

 summer are attracted ostensibly by the scenery. They climb Mt. 

 Washington that they may view the widest-spread landscape visible from 

 any summit in America east of the Rocky Mountains and north of Mt. 

 Mitchell. The interest attaching to the crystal cascades and the pictur- 

 esque Winnipiseogee is produced by a different element, though less 

 fascinating to most. From North Conway, multitudes watch the gor- 

 geous colors among the shifting" clouds, when the sun is setting. There 

 are also other features that render the Alps of America attractive to the 

 summer resident. 



Considered more particularly, the following are the principal elements 

 which enter into landscapes : first, mountains, hills, valleys, and all con- 

 figurations of the surface; second, ledges; third, water, whether quiet or 



