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PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. 



with the name of Mt, 

 Tecumseh, proposed, 

 as I understand, by 

 E. J. Youn^, photog-- 

 rapher, of Campton 

 village, who has pub- 

 , lished at least two. 

 '-^-t^-TT' stereoscopic views of. 

 Fig. 29.— MT. TECUMSEH. Jt, with thls name 



From S. M. near Greeley's hotel. appended. 



Cone mountain succeeds Welch, but this is not so conspicuous an emi- 

 nence as appears upon some of the maps. North-westerly from Osceola 

 the high granitic range continues as far as the East Branch, the last sum- 

 mits being Black and Loon Pond mountains. This very interesting 

 region is unknown to most tourists. The only mountain accessible by a 

 path is Osceola, from which most of the others can be seen to advantage. 

 7. Passaconnaway Range. This has an easterly course, and bounds 

 the White Mountain area upon the south. The most massive of the 

 series is Black mountain, or "Sandwich Dome" of Guyot, on the line 



between Sandwich and 

 Waterville, over 4,000- 

 feet high. The annexed 

 sketch shows this moun? 

 tain behind Noon Peak, 

 or the one terminating 

 abruptly in the centre of 

 the view. The peak to 



Fig. 30.-BLACK MOUNTAIN AND NOON PEAK. " ^^^ ^^^^^ ^' DeuisOn's. 

 Greeley's hotel In the foreground. Thc obserVCr iS SUppOSed 



to be stationed near Greeley's hotel. A path leads to this summit, where 

 one can see advantageously the Waterville basin as flanked by Tripyra- 

 mid and the Osceola range. A high plateau extends from Black to 

 Tripyramid and Whiteface. The latter is double, and the southern part 

 has been recently occupied by the U. S. Coast Survey as a signal station. 

 From here Passaconnaway looms up majestically. It is a sharp dome, 

 covered by trees to the very summit, and rises far above the surrounding 



