1 90 



PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. 



mountain with precipitous flank on the side towards the Saco. It is 

 directly opposite the Willey house. It is one of the main features of the 

 notch. 



The east flank of the mountains, from Monroe to Webster, is washed 

 by the powerful Mt. Washington river, which forms the central line of 

 Cutts's grant, heading in Oakes's gulf. It is the proper continuation of 

 the Saco valley, its source being several miles farther away than the small 

 pond near Crawford's. In dry seasons the water may be low, which fact, 

 in connection with a broad, gravelly expanse of decomposed granite near 

 the lower end of the valley, gave rise to the early appellation of " Dry 

 river." Dr. Bemis proposed that it receive the name of Mt. Washington 

 river. 



From the east side of Oakes's gulf, or the continuation of Bigelow's 

 lawn, two ranges course southerly. The western follows the Saco to just 

 opposite Sawyer's rock, having, in the lower part of its course, Giant's 

 stairs, Mt. Resolution, Mt. Crawford, Mt. Hope, and "Hart's ledge," of 



Fig. 26. MT. CRAWFORD, FROM THE NORTH-WEST. 



Boardman's map. Two heliotypes show the shape of Crawford. When 

 seen from the north-west, a little below the Willey house, the summit 



