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RICHMOND RANGE. 
East of the Shaker Valley the Richmond Range rises very abruptly, 
its highest point being Perry's Peak, situated two miles E. S. E. from 
Fry's Hill, and having a height of 1,030 feet. Three fourths of a mile 
south of Perry's Peak the range divides into two nearly parallel ridges 
extending a little to the west of south, with an elevation of about 0 
feet ; and again the more westerly of the two ridges sends off four spurs 
towards the Shaker Valley, the most northerly of which is called Flat 
Rock ; the next towards the south, Merriman's Mount ; the next, Dupey's 
Mount, the most southerly being without a name. The Haskell Valley, 
included between the West Branch, and the East Branch of this range, 
has an elevation of about 300 feet. 
On the east side, the Richmond Range has a comparatively easy slope 
towards the broad Richmond Valley, the drainage of which is, in the 
main, towards the south ; the drainage of about one fifth of the area is 
towards the north into Richmond Pond, the divide between the two 
systems of drainage being 100 feet above the Richmond station. 
LENOX RANGE. 
East of the Richmond Valley rises the Lenox Range, its culminating 
point, Lenox Mountain, being situated about four miles S. 60? E. from 
Perry’s Peak, and having a height of 1,065 feet, In the vicinity of 
Lenox Mountain the range is simple, but it branches, one mile to the 
south of that point, into two parallel chains of hills, which extend in a 
nearly S. W. direction, the hills of the more westerly branch having an 
average height of 600 feet, but diminishing in altitude towards the south. 
The Main Branch, which lies. about three fourths of a mile east of the 
West Branch, is a sharp ridge, with an average height of about 700 feet ; 
the height of the crest diminishes gradually towards the south, till, at 
a point situated three miles S. S. W. from the summit of Lenox Moun- 
tain, it is only 375 feet; from this point southward, the height rises in 
the next mile to 700 feet. The Cook Valley, lying between the Western 
and Main Branches, has an average height of about 400 feet. To the 
east of the Main Branch is a short parallel ridge, having a height of 
675 feet, and called Prospect Hill, the valley between it and the Main 
Branch having a height of about 400 feet. 
Towards the east, the Lenox Range slopes precipitously to the exten- 
sive Lenox and Stockbridge Valley, the height of that valley being, at 
Lake Mahkeenac, about 150 feet lower than the Richmond station. 
