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PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. 



Jackson, Chatham, and Bartlett ; to the south-east and south, the Mote, Chocorua, 

 Tremont, Table mountain, Passaconnaway, Whiteface, Squam, and Tripyramid ; while 

 to the west and north-west lie the Franconia and Twin mountains, and the great 

 mass of ridges and valleys between the Saco and the Pemigewasset. The view from 

 Carrigain opens new fields in every direction for mountain exploration ; and it is to be 

 hoped that the many persons frequenting the mountains, and fond of rough tramps, 

 will ere long penetrate these interior recesses of the wilderness, and acquaint us with 

 the topography and geology of this now unknown part of the White Mountain group. 



CASCADES. 



Cascades and waterfalls occur abundantly in New Hampshire, and 



they nearly always display the prevail- 

 ing ledges of the vicinity, and conse- 

 quently are sought for in geological 

 explorations. I will mention only those 

 which are figured, for their name is le- 

 gion. 



Georgianna falls in Lincoln (Fig. 41, 

 p. 215) is one of the grandest cascades 

 to be found among the mountains. It 

 is more than a mile west of the Pemi- 

 gewasset valley, upon a tributary com- 

 ing out of Bog pond. The path leads 

 through the woods from a farm-house 

 about two miles below the entrance 

 to the Flume. For more than a mile 

 there is a series of smaller cascades till 

 the main fall is reached. 

 This consists of two 

 leaps of eighty feet each, 

 which give the effect 

 of a single fall, as seen 

 through the trees from a 

 distance. An extensive 

 cut has been made in the 

 rocks, which are largely 

 Fig. 89. SILVER CASCADE. of coarse granite veins. 



