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The profile is made of 

 three jutting masses of 

 rock, in different verti- 

 cal lines. One piece 

 makes the forehead, 

 the second the nose 

 and upper lip, and the 

 third the chin. The 

 rock is about 1 200 feet 

 above the lake, and 40 

 feet in length. Mr. 

 Oakes puts the length, 

 from the top of the 

 forehead to the lowest 

 point of the chin, at 

 twice this figure. Its 

 length was measured 

 by the young men 

 from Dartmouth col- 

 lege, in our exploring 

 party of 1871, and 

 found to be from 36 

 to 40 feet. 



The rock is an or- 

 dinary granite, quite 

 friable from decompo- 

 sition. Judging from 

 the specimens, I should 

 say that portions of the 

 pieces composing the 

 profile are liable to fall 

 at any time. The dis- 

 integration has gone 

 on so far that the rock 

 crumbles under the 

 pressure of one's fin- 



