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sions ; and, on the north-east, a mass of mountains has been separated 

 from the main summits by the erosive action of Little river. The highest 

 of these separated peaks is sometimes confounded with the Twin moun- 

 tains, because only one of the Twins is seen from the hotel named after 

 them. The double character is seen from either Washington or Lafayette, 

 and not from the Twin Mountain house. That the early distinctions may 

 not be forgotten, and for the sake of fixing the position of a noble moun- 

 tain, I venture to name the highest of the unnamed peaks north-east of 

 Little river Mt. Hale, after Rev. E. E. Hale, of Boston, editor of Old and 

 New, who assisted Dr. Jackson in exploring the White Mountains, and 

 has done much to make them famous by his writings. 



To the north of Mt. Hale are three granitic lumps, which, for conven- 

 ience, I have called the Three Sugar Loaves. On the north-east side of 

 Twin mountain is a curious nubble or small conical summit 150 feet high, 

 which is observable from several places along the Ammonoosuc valley. 

 It is probably an enormous vein of very coarse granite. Fig. 32 is a 

 rough pen sketch of the outlines of the mountains between Haystack 

 and the first Sugar Loaf, as seen from near the Twin Mountain house. 

 Their names are very plainly indicated, and those interested will readily 

 recognize the place of the newly named peak. A sketch of the outlines 

 of the mountains to the south, as seen from the north Twin mountain, 

 is given in Fig. 33. This is a view very rarely seen; but the proprietors 

 of the Twin Mountain house would add much to the attractiveness of 

 their establishment if they would construct a bridle-path to the top of 

 the mountain. 



A view of the Twin mountains and Haystack, from the east part of 

 Bethlehem hill, Fig. 34, will show better than words the several ridges 

 and valleys composing the range. They show well, also, from the Wing 

 Road station, and from Sugar Hill, Lisbon, as represented in Fig. 35. 



There is a deep and broad valley between the Mt. Tom and the Twin 

 ranges. The divide between the New Zealand waters flowing to the 

 north, and of the East Branch rivulets descending southerly, is quite 

 low. It has all been excavated by atmospheric agencies ; since, from 

 geological reasons, it is clear that Mts. Twin and Tom were once con- 

 tinuous. 



9. Moosilauke and Profile. A narrow gap, 2,000 feet above the ocean, 



