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merit o£ Upper Lake Newman in the Keene valley, which was con- 

 fluent with the western portion situated in the South Meadows 

 country, and in the Lake Placid and Saranac quadrangles, the outlet 

 was changed, and perhaps rapidly deepened by the additional volumes 

 of water from the eastern section, fo that the waters fell to the level 

 of Lower Lake Newman. 



Fig. II The glacial lake succession in the Mount Marcy and adjacent 

 quadrangles. Stage 3. Lower lake Newman, altitude, 1740 to 1780 feet. 



Eastern and Western Sections 

 Lower Lake Newman. This lake was of still greater extent than 

 any of the above-described bodies of water. Its northern, and espec- 

 ially its northwestern, extent and boundaries are still to be studied 

 and determined. Our present knowledge, however, would lead us to 

 conclude that the valleys occupied by the West and East branches of 



