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The mountain which rises on the west side of this lake and sep- 
arates its valley from that of the Au Sable, is perhaps the largest of 
the group. Its ridge presents four successive peaks, of which the 
most northern save one, is the highest, and is situated immediately 
above the lake and opposite to Mount McMartin. It has received 
the name of Mount McIntyre, in honor of the late Controller of this 
state, to whose enterprise and munificence, this portion of the coun- 
try is mainly indebted for the efficient measures which have been 
taken to promote its prosperity. 
Ascent of Mount McIntyre. 
On the morning of the 8th, we commenced the ascent of Mount 
McIntyre through a steep ravine, by which a small stream is dis- 
charged into Lake Colden. The entire ascent being comprised in 
little more than a mile of horizontal distance, is necessarily difficult, 
and on reaching the lower border of the belt of dwarf forest, we 
found the principal peak rising above us on our right, with its steep 
acclivity of naked rock extending to our feet. Wishing to shorten 
our rout, we here unwisely abandoned the remaining bed of the 
ravine, and sustaining ourselves by the slight inequalities of surface: 
which have resulted from unequal decomposition, we succeeded in 
crossing the apparently smooth face of the rock by an oblique as- 
cent to the right, and once more obtained footing in the woody cover 
of the mountain. But the continued steepness of the acclivity, and 
the seemingly impervious growth of low evergreens on this more 
sheltered side, where their horizontal and greatly elongated branches 
were most perplexingly intermingled, greatly retarded our progress. 
Having surmounted this region we put forward with alacrity, and at 
1 P. M. reached the summit. | 
The view which was here presented to us differs not greatly in 
its general features from that obtained at the High Peak, and the 
weather, which now began to threaten us with a storm, was less fa- 
vorable to its exhibition. A larger number of lakes were visible 
from this point, and among them the beautiful and extensive group 
at the sources of the Saranac, which are known by the settlers as 
the “Saranac Waters.” The view of the Still Water of the Hud- 
son, lying like a silver thread in the bottom of its deep and forest- 
green valley, was peculiarly interesting. ‘The opposite front of 
Mount McMartin exhibited the face of the great dyke and its pas- 
sage through the summit, near to its highest point, and nearly parallel 
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