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where reaches a considerable elevation, and frequently is marked by 

 mountains. The slope on the west from opposite Haverhill extends to 

 the Green Mountain range of Vermont, its greatest width being at the 

 sources of White river, which are thirty-eight miles from the nearest 

 point of the Connecticut, and forty-two miles from the mouth of White 

 river. In the northern half of Vermont, a large area east of this moun- 

 tain range is drained into Lake Champlain and the St. Lawrence. 



South from Brattleborough the Connecticut, for the remaining ten miles 

 in New Hampshire, has a general direction S. 25 E., again resuming nearly 

 its former course after crossing the Massachusetts line. Of this basin, from 

 the mouth of the Passumpsic, probably two thirds are covered with forest. 



The entire length of the Connecticut from Third lake, following its 

 principal bends along our western border to the Massachusetts line, is 

 211 miles. 



Altitudes at various points, with distances from Third lake, are given 

 in the following 



TABLE OF HEIGHTS OF CONNECTICUT RIVER. 



Distance from Height 



Third lake. above sea. 



Third lake, | square mile in area 2058 feet. 



Second lake, i| square miles in area, .... 5 miles. 1852 " 



Connecticut lake, 3 square miles in area, . . . . 10 " 1618 " 



At West Stewartstown, 30 " 1035 " 



North Stratford, 49 " 885 " 



Lancaster, 67 " 832 " 



Head of Fifteen-miles falls, 74 " 830 " 



Upper Waterford, 84 " 674 " 



Lower Waterford, 86 " 643 " 



Foot of Mclndoe's falls, 98 " 432 " 



Wells River, 105 " 407 " 



Orford, 123 " 380 " 



Ledyard bridge, Hanover, ...... 137 " 375 " 



White River Junction, 141 " 339 " 



Mouth of Quechee river, 146 " 323 " 



Windsor, 155 " 304 " 



Beaver meadow, Charlestown, 169 " 289 " 



Head of Bellows falls, 181 " 283 " 



Foot of Bellows falls, i8ii " 234 " 



Westmoreland, ........ 191 " 219 " 



Mouth of Ashuelot river, . . . 208 " 206 " 



