of the Catskill Mountains. 439 
ting in Clum Hill, 2372 feet, near the confluence of the two 
branches of the Schoharie Creek. 
From its central position this Jast hill affords a most instruc- 
tive panorama of the interior chains. 
d. The northeast border chain appears more like the outer 
wall of the Highlands, falling from the top of the mountains to 
the valley of the Catskill Creek. Though its general direction 
is to the northwest, the individual parts show a succession of 
alternate north and northwest trends. 
From the South Mountain, near the Catskill Mountain 
House, to the North Mountain the direction is north; from 
North Mountain to Black Head, northwest; from Black Head 
to Acra Point, north; from Acra Point to Windham High 
Peak, west 80° north; from the last point to East Windham 
Gap, northwest; from the Gap along Mt. Zoath, due west; from 
Zoath, through Mt. Hayden, Pisgah and the northwest terminal 
chain, northwest again. 
he altitudes along that chain follow the same order as in 
the central chain opposite, but are somewhat lower. South 
Mountain at the Star Rock, near the Coast Survey Signal, is 
2497 feet; North Mountain, east end, 3285 feet, and its 
highest point 8442; Black Head, the highest of the range, 
3945; Acra Point approximates to 8085 feet; Windham 
High Peak, 8534; Mt. Hayden, 2900; Pisgah, 2905; in the 
terminal range Sutton Hill, 2573 feet; High Knob, 2654; 
Barlow Hill, 2651 feet; Leonard Hill, 2649 feet. 
ere again, as in the central chain, a general plane carried 
through the summits would show a comparatively rapid rise 
to Black Head, one quarter of the distance, and a much more 
gradual descent from Black Head to its termination. As in 
the central chain the two ends, east and west, the South Moun- 
tain, 2497 feet, and Leonard Hill, 2649 feet, have about the 
same altitude. It would be still more alike if instead of the 
Star Rock, on the border of the ledges, we took the real cul- 
minating point of South Mountain, a short distance farther 
west. 
Orchard, the Catskill Mountain House lies 2225 feet above 
tide ; the Summit House, in East Windham Notch, 1940 feet 
