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locations, say along the extensive meadows of the Bearcamp river, there 

 are many large and profitable farming establishments. An excellent idea 



Fig. 39. LAKE WINNIPISEOGEE, FROM CENTER HARBOR. 



of the country about Lake Winnipiseogee may be derived from a view of 

 it given in Fig. 40. The observer looks from the east flank of Sunset 

 hill, back from Center Harbor landing. The highest peak on the extreme 

 right is Mt. Gunstock ; the highest on the extreme left is the southern 

 edge of Ossipee ; those in the distance on the left bound this district 

 in Alton, New Durham, and Middleton. The borders of the lake are 

 usually of hard pan, sloping gradually to the water's edge. The general 

 course of the basin is S. 25 to 30 E., the islands and points showing 

 essentially the same trend. This direction is determined by the corre- 

 sponding courses, parallel to each other, of the Gunstock and Ossipee 

 ranges. 



V. The Merrimack Valley District. This includes more than the 

 hydrographic basin on the west, and less on the north. It is bounded by 



