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a gorge wMcli here crosses the watershed towards the lakes, in 

 which the stream rises that, ftirther down, forms the Falls of Catskill. 

 The other is at the bend of the road N.E. of the hotel, near the 

 head of the stream. In the lowest part of the gorge, on the summit 



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Sketdh-map of a portion of the Catskill Mountains, showing 

 the Directions of the Strice near Mountain House. 



of the watershed, many square yards of smoothed rock are exposed 

 a little off the road ; and in this plateau numerous main grooves are 

 seen, passing across the hill, and nearly at right angles to most of 

 those observed during the ascent, seemingly pointing to the fact that 

 the icebergs, which striated the eastern flanks of the mountains in 

 a N. and S. direction, when the whole was nearly submerged here 

 found a passage or strait, through which they sometimes floated and 

 grated the bottom in a direction quite across that which they were 



