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should be Kings ravine, and it is described in glowing terms by almost 



its first explorer in the White Hills. It may have been termed Adams 



ravine in a few places in this volume. 



The final pull through the ravine may be represented in Fig. 83. The 



fragments coming down from Mt. Adams are on the right, and a few 



jagged ledges on the 

 left. Between, there 

 is a grassy growth 

 of a few feet, pre- 

 senting in the view 

 a resemblance to an 

 artificial road. Our 



route has led us up 

 the east side of the 

 ravine to the notch 

 between Madison 

 'ffa and Adams. Fig. 84 may illustrate a 

 portion of it near the gateway. The 

 rocks on the right overhang the trav- 

 eller with a threatening aspect, while 

 the slope on the left is more inviting, 

 with a scanty growth of grass. The 

 fragments are coated over with gray 

 lichens, save along a few lines where 

 rolling stones have plowed a furrow. 



Between Adams and Madison there 

 is a deep valley containing a small 

 pond of water. On rising up to the 

 side of Adams from the gateway, one is surprised to see so sharp a cone 

 as is presented by Mt. Madison. (See Fig. 69.) With a cloud below, 

 and the mountain standing out by itself, the effect is that of an enor- 

 mously high, sharp mountain from this point of view. An easier way 

 of reaching Madison is to ascend either from Martin's Location (H. D. 

 Copp's), or from the summit of the northern Pinkham Notch road. The 

 crest of the slope, if followed strictly, will bring one by the shortest road 

 to the summit, from the last mentioned starting-point, though the spruce 





Fig. 83. GATEWAY OF KING'S RAVINE. 



