LOBECK. NEW YORK CITY, A PHYSIOGRAPHIC CENTER 3] 



ridges, wave work, a great compound recurved spit, and sand dunes pro- 

 vide much of interest. 



Oxe to Two Weeks Trip 



New England. — A somewhat more extended trip may be taken which 

 will give a good grasp of all of New England physiography. Leaving 

 New York in the morning the traveler proceeds to North Adams, Massa- 

 chusetts, in the Berkshire lowland. A day may be spent climbing Mount 

 Greylock, and possibly another one walking over that portion of the Xew 

 England upland pierced by the Hoosac tunnel (Fig. 4). Study of the 

 gorge of the Deerfield Eiver, its terraces and those of the Connecticut 

 and other streams is then conveniently taken up, after which Mount 

 Monadnock forms a good objective (Fig. 24). The climb up this peak 

 is a very feasible one, although near-by accommodations for the traveler 

 are almost lacking. From there procedure is made to the White Moun- 

 tains by way of Lake Winnepesaukee. If this trip is undertaken before 

 the last part of June it is likely that the railway to the top of Mount 

 Washington will not be in operation, but the walk up by trail from Craw- 

 ford House is very practicable. From the Tip-top House, which now has 

 accommodations for overnight visitors, a carriage road leads down to the 

 Glen House, which is a reasonable and convenient place to stop. The 

 next day a really strenuous climb will take the hardy individual over the 

 northern summits of the range down to Gorham, where he can catch a 

 train for Portland that afternoon. The trip from Portland to Xew York 

 may be interrupted at Boston for a study of the drumlin region and Cape 

 Cod. If the arm of the cape is rounded by train the explorer will find 

 himself within easy reach of Nantucket and Marthas Vineyard, after 

 which a day's stop at Meriden, Connecticut, will round out a very com- 

 prehensive journey. This trip embraces almost every topic in New Eng- 

 land physiography, the peneplane and its monadnocks, the longitudinal 

 valleys forming the Berkshire and Connecticut lowlands, the fascinating 

 topic of river terraces, the White Mountain monadnock group, with its 

 glacial features, its cirques and troughs, the drumlins and the work of 

 the waves upon them, the Cape Cod spit, the lobate terminal moraine of 

 Marthas Vineyard and the mainland, and finally the faulted trap ridges 

 of Connecticut. The available literature is rather extensive and would 

 include the contributions of Davis, Shaler, Goldthwait, Johnson, Hobbs, 

 Emerson, Jefferson, Dale, Gulliver, Woodworth, and others. This trip 

 is one which would occupy between one and two weeks and would cost 

 probably between $50 and $75. 



