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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
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  highest 
  peaks 
  are 
  about 
  4000 
  feet 
  above 
  tide. 
  The 
  Shawangunk 
  

   mountain, 
  a 
  high 
  and 
  continuous 
  ridge 
  Avhiich 
  extends 
  through 
  

   Sullivan 
  and 
  Orange 
  counties 
  and 
  the 
  south 
  part 
  of 
  Ulster, 
  is 
  the 
  

   extreme 
  easterly 
  range 
  of 
  this 
  series. 
  The 
  Helderberg 
  mountains 
  

   are 
  foothills 
  extending 
  north 
  from 
  the 
  main 
  range 
  into 
  Albany 
  

   and 
  Schoharie 
  counties. 
  The 
  streams 
  rising 
  in 
  the 
  Catskill 
  moun- 
  

   tains 
  flow 
  in 
  all 
  directions 
  — 
  Schoharie 
  creek 
  north 
  to 
  the 
  

   Mohawk; 
  Kondout 
  creek 
  easterly 
  to 
  the 
  Hudson, 
  and 
  the 
  head- 
  

   waters 
  of 
  Delaware 
  river 
  southwesterly 
  to 
  that 
  stream. 
  

  

  The 
  most 
  easterly 
  mountain 
  range 
  enters 
  the 
  State 
  from 
  New 
  

   Jersey, 
  and 
  extending 
  northeast 
  through 
  Rockland 
  and 
  Orange 
  

   counties 
  to 
  the 
  Hudson, 
  appears' 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  side 
  of 
  that 
  river, 
  

   forming 
  the 
  Highlands 
  of 
  Putnam 
  and 
  Dutchess 
  counties. 
  The 
  

   northerly 
  extension 
  of 
  this 
  range 
  passes 
  into 
  the 
  Green 
  mountains 
  

   of 
  western 
  Massachusetts 
  and 
  Vermont. 
  The 
  highest 
  peaks 
  of 
  

   this 
  range 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  culminate 
  in 
  the 
  Highlands 
  upon 
  the 
  

   Hudson 
  where 
  there 
  are 
  points 
  from 
  1000 
  to 
  about 
  1700 
  feet 
  

   above 
  tide. 
  The 
  Wallkill 
  river, 
  the 
  principal 
  stream 
  of 
  this 
  divi- 
  

   sion, 
  lies 
  in 
  a 
  deep 
  valley 
  to 
  the 
  west 
  of 
  the 
  main 
  range 
  and 
  

   between 
  it 
  and 
  the 
  Shawangunk 
  mountain. 
  

  

  We 
  have 
  referred 
  to 
  the 
  main 
  Adirondack 
  mountain 
  range 
  as 
  

   beginning 
  near 
  Little 
  Falls 
  on 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  river 
  and 
  extending 
  

   northeasterly 
  to 
  Lake 
  Champladn. 
  There 
  are 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  other 
  

   well-defined 
  mountain 
  ranges 
  in 
  the 
  northeastern 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  State, 
  

   all 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  included 
  under 
  the 
  general 
  term 
  of 
  Adirondack 
  

   mountains, 
  and 
  which 
  require 
  notice 
  in 
  detail. 
  The 
  Adirondack 
  

   range 
  proper 
  crosses 
  Herkimer, 
  Hamilton 
  and 
  Essex 
  counties 
  and 
  

   terminates 
  near 
  Port 
  Kent 
  on 
  Lake 
  Okamplain. 
  It 
  is 
  about 
  100 
  

   miles 
  in 
  length 
  and 
  may 
  be 
  considered 
  the 
  backbone 
  of 
  the 
  Adiron- 
  

   dack 
  mountain 
  group, 
  its 
  ridge 
  line 
  dividing 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  the 
  

   St 
  Lawrence 
  from 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  Hudson 
  river 
  and 
  Lake 
  Champlain. 
  

   Mount 
  Marcy, 
  rising 
  to 
  a 
  hight 
  of 
  5430 
  feet, 
  is 
  the 
  principal 
  

   peak 
  of 
  this 
  range, 
  while 
  Mclntyre, 
  Haystack 
  and 
  Skylight, 
  each 
  

   over 
  5000 
  feet 
  in 
  hight, 
  are 
  also 
  in 
  this 
  chain. 
  

  

  Next 
  to 
  the 
  main 
  Adirondack 
  range 
  to 
  the 
  eastward 
  is 
  the 
  

   Bouquet 
  range, 
  beginning 
  on 
  the 
  south 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  East 
  

  

  