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RICHMOND RANGE. 



East of the Shaker "Valley the Richmond Range rises very abniptly, 

 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 5.50 

 feet ; and again the more westerly of the two ridges sends oft' 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 Mahkecnac, about 150 feet lower than the Richmond station. 



