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the best from the west, unless you choose to climb various peaks and 

 mountains. The near easterly view from the Glen house on the east is 

 quite imposing. As the country is entirely unsettled on the east, in the 

 immediate neighborhood of the mountains, it is not so easy to get a 

 satisfactory view from this quarter ; but one nearly as good may be 

 obtained from the hills back of Jackson, of which I had hoped to present 

 a heliotype for the frontispiece, but have been unsuccessful, because of 

 the difficulty of obtaining a clear negative at such a great distance. 

 From this point Washington is seen to stand much higher than his 

 brother peaks, and the deep ravines on his south-eastern side are clearly 

 defined. 



Our heliotype from near the Fabyan house, about a mile and a half 

 east, gives us a good view of the mountains, as a range, from Jefferson 

 to Clinton. Washington is notably the highest of the peaks, showing a 

 slight depression in the middle of what is properly the summit. The 

 west side is cut by two rough valleys. On its north-east ridge may be 

 seen the winding course of the railway. On the left, Mt. Clay seems 

 quite insignificant. Of the peaks on the right of Washington, Monroe, 

 Franklin, and Pleasant, the latter is the most conspicuous, because higher 

 than those immediately adjacent, and the curious hollowing out of the 

 front side by streams. Fig. 25 presents a part of this heliotype, as 

 sketched by hand. The artist plainly exaggerates the relative heights 

 of the several summits and ravines, as may be seen by carefully compar- 

 ing the sketch with the photograph ; but it is almost impossible to avoid 

 exaggerating any magnificent view with the pencil. The mind compels 

 the hand to reproduce the effect received by an inspection of the scene, 

 and it cannot be done well in any other way. 



In Fig. 77 we have a view of the Mt. Washington range from Milan, 

 a direction slightly east of north. The central peak, seemingly the 

 highest, and with an immense piece hollowed out, is Mt. Adams, with 

 a double summit. Beyond, to the right, is Mt. Jefferson. The most 

 prominent peak on the left is Mt. Madison. Back of the deep cleft, 

 called King's ravine, between Adams and Madison, faintly rises Wash- 

 ington. In the foreground the Androscoggin valley shows itself, first 

 running towards Madison, then turning south-westerly towards Adams, 

 before curving around the farthest of the smaller hills to flow out of the 



