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PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. 



. The profile is made of 

 ."& three jutting masses of 

 jS rock, in different verti- 

 3 cal lines. One piece 

 % makes the forehead, 



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the second the nose 



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and upper lip, and the 

 third the chin. The 

 rock is about 1 200 feet 

 above the lake, and 40 

 feet in length. Mr. 

 Oakes puts the length, 

 from the top of the 



, T ; forehead to the lowest 



E point of the chin, at 



twice this figure. Its 



x length was measured 



by the young men 



g from Dartmouth col- 

 es 

 % lege, in our exploring 



V party of 1871, and 

 found to be from 36 

 to 40 feet. 



The rock is an or- 

 dinary granite, quite 

 friable from decompo- 

 sition. Judging from 

 the specimens, I should 

 say that portions of the 

 pieces composing the 

 profile are liable to fall 

 at any time. The dis- 

 integration has gone 

 on so far that the rock 

 crumbles under the 

 pressure of one's fin- 



