SURVEY OF MASSACHUSETTS. 47 
Names of Stations. | In what towns situated. : He phi | Names dof Ration pose 7 In what towns albinicbk | ee 
Spruce Mountain Adams 9587.83 | Mount Lincoln Pelham {a0 
eee Mean 2588.38 | 2588.94 194457 
Jilson’s Hill State line, Rowe aide | Pe ak Mean 1245.92 | 1246.89, 
| Mean 2108.61 9108.04||S. end of Base line | Hatheld = | 170.80) 
Berlin Mt. Berlin, N. Y. Taconic Mt’s, | 2813.11 170.67, 
| | 2815.59 Mean 169.59 167. 7.22 
Mean 2814.35 
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N. end of Base line 
Clarksburg Mt. | Clarksburg | 2272.34 Deerfield _ a 
a ncn iceman ae —— 9 
Dug Hill Blandford 1621.24) Mean 220.02 
Mean 1622.48 _ 1623.72 || The difference in the height of the termini of the base line! 
Soe iat cy "5108.10 angles at the time it was measured, is equal to 49.5 se 
io - Mean 2193.87 | 2195. 65] Manomet Hill Plymouth 392. oal 
Perry’s Peak Richmond 2034.26 Mean 394.25 [3 396.46 
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Mean 2089.01 2089.31 Alden’s Hill Middleboro 106, oa 
Jackson’s Hill Blandford [iar Mean VW 7. 66 180.80 
Mean Wiz. 21 1717.71 | ———_——. ——|— a 
- ~ neta Baurn’s Hill | Sandwich | 297.27 
Seymour’s Mount’n | Sandisfield 1699.00 : MaRS: Bis Ses Sh oie sete ae 
Mean 1698.05 1697.11 || Falmouth signal | Falmouth | 192.78 
Bald Peak ‘Mount Was! hington ~~ | 2623.66 | Great Hill | Rochester | 126.98 
2622.49 ee oe eer eae ae 
Mean 2623.65 9624.81 || Mendal’s Hill | Fairhaven | 146.29 
Winchell’s Mount’n | Granville 1360.20 Copecut Hill | Fall-River 353.54 
; — 1364.11 Mean 355.00 _ 3856. 47 
; Mean 1362.45 1863.03 iu cact "Ee 
Proven’s Mountain | West-Springfield 666.77 || Elouse. Upper part | New Bedford 164.88 
Mean 664.88 662.90 || of windows. 
Mount Tom Northampton 1214.01 || Rhode Island signal | Portsmouth R. a7 bs "286.17 
nih Pocasset Hill | Tiverton R. I, a 823.26 
211.66 ve Suen nae 
1212.34 || Fall River signal Fall River 258.53 
Mean 1218.63 | 1214.54 Mean 259.05 | _ 259.58 
Hilliard’s Knob Th line between Amherst and | 1123.71 | * Toweset, station. | Rhode Island line, Swanzey ie 28.88 
Granby 1119.21 | ‘Top of signal | 
apt College Hill ‘| Providence R. I. ‘TT 204.22 
Mean 1119.74 1120.17 || Great Rock Hill Rehoboth a 249.69 
pal Oe meee wes ee a 945.86 
Rattlesnake Mt. Connecticut line Wilbraham | 1074.19 | = steno = iol Laws 
Mean 1076.79. 1079.40 || Great Meadow Hill Rehoboth vamp lf 
ee hi ae aA 2 ; Mean 265.54 265. 
Peaked Mounts Monson 243.4 
oe cee rote King’s Rock. 'fopsig, | State ine, Swanzey 103.17 
Mean 1288. ira 1235.21 This signal was probably 25 feet high os 
Wh le Hi : : ee South end of veri- 2 | Seekonk 60.02 
eS | ee | 1190.91 |" fication Base Mean 57.39 54.77 
pe peed ee Le > || German’s Hill Yarmouth 136.48 
Mount Esther Whately 993.63 || Mount Hope Bristol R. I. | 217.18 
Mean 995.12 996.62 | Mean 216.41 215.75 
I have thus given the results of our calculations of the heights of the hills and moun- 
tains in Massachusetts, following the straggling manner in which they succeeded each 
other, that a better judgment might be formed of the degree of confidence to be placed in 
the accuracy of the work. I would however mention, that when the calculations had 
been carried to Colonel’s Mountain, in Palmer, they were extended from thence, in a 
oy 
and thence, re- 
northerly and westerly direction, to the extreme western part of the State, 
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This may also be considered as a test. signal. 
never been exactly measured, yet I have no hesitation in saying, 
extreine differ from truth more than six or eight feet. 
It stands near tide water, 
that the height w 
and although the height of the signal has 
e have found it to be cannot in the 
