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the geological sui-vey. Owing to engravers' errors, its position has not been clearly 

 understood ; but an inspection of the original manuscript of Bond's map removes all 

 doubt as to its application to the peak just spoken of. Table mountain appears first on 

 Guyot's map, another name being Bear. On looking at this elevation from Mt. Willard 

 and other peaks to the north, the appropriateness of the name Table for this mountain 

 is very apparent. A small peak to the north-east of Moat, showing square, precipitous 

 sides towards Jackson, has been designated as Mt. Attitash, after the Indian name 

 for blueberries. 



In the Twin Mountain range, it has been proposed to commemorate Guyot and Bond 

 in the two most southerly peaks, about a mile ajoart, Bond being the one farthest south. 

 In Campton, Mt. Weetamoo (misspelled on p. 204) is a new name for the mountain 

 west of Sandwich notch. Beech hill in Carroll and Bethlehem is beginning to be called 

 the Sleeping Giant. Peaked hill in Bethlehem is known to the residents as Mt. Agassiz. 

 Black mountain in Benton, the one nearest Moosilauke, is named Mt. Clough, in honor 

 of the late Amos F. Clough, of the Mt. Washington expedition. There are already 

 several Black mountains, so it seems strange that there should be a desire on the part 

 of any to retain this appellation for Sandwich Dome, Eagle lakes is a revival of Guyot's 

 term for the Lakes of the Clouds upon Mt. Lafayette. Tamarack pond (p. 158) is now 

 known as Mouran lake. (See vol. i, p. 504.) 



Much was said at the meeting of the club about the use of the term Pequawket for 

 the mountain in Chatham, sometimes called Kiarsarge and Kearsarge. Confusion 

 arises from its similarity to Kearsarge in Warner, whose claim to the name has never 

 been called in question, while its application in Chatham has been discussed for more 

 than half a century. Two mountains, only sixty miles apart, should not in these days 

 of rapid transit be known by the same name. In this juncture, therefore, the question 

 becomes one of priority. Examination of the maps shows the application of the name 

 to the Warner mountain by Blanchard and Langdon in 1761, and by Holland in 1784 

 (see Atlas), while nothing appears for the Chatham peak. Belknap's map in 179 1, and 

 others of 1796, first show the application of the name to the latter mountain. In this 

 connection it is proper to state why it was ever proposed to call Pequawket Kiarsarge. 

 It appears probable that the Conway pioneers came chiefly from Concord, and that 

 they brought the name of their favorite mountain with them. It is certain that the 

 names of the leading families in Conway, in early times, agree with many of those in 

 Concord. Usage has by no means been unanimous in favor of Kiarsarge for Chat- 

 ham. Dr. Jackson, in his geological report, Carrigain, in the state map of 1816 (see 

 Atlas) , and the United States Coast Survey use the name of Pequawket. The usage 

 in Conway and Bartlett is divided between the two. In view of these considerations, 

 the members of the club present at a late stage of the meeting voted to recommend 

 the following formula, and use the name in brackets only because of the strong feeling 

 manifested in its favor by its partisans — Mt. Pequawket [Kiarsarge]. But the hope 

 was expressed that the bracketed title would eventually disappear. 



