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borough. The broadest portion of the area is in Tamworth and Ossipee. 

 The Bearcamp river washes the northern base of the mountains. Two 

 of its tributaries have excavated north and south valleys out of the north 

 slope, leaving an east and west ridge six miles long. This juts out from 

 near the middle of the main range of about eight miles length, turning 

 somewhat easterly in Moultonborough and Tuftonborough. The two 

 most elevated points, called for convenience North and South Ossipee, 

 lie in the north-south range. Two east flowing streams have excavated 

 very large valleys out of the eastern flank of these granitic piles, the 

 first and largest, known as Lovell's river, discharging into Ossipee pond, 

 and the second, a tributary of Pine river, coming out of Dan Hole pond. 

 At the upper end of Dan Hole pond is a hamlet known as Canaan. 

 There is no road to this place from Moulton mills, up the valley of the 

 outlet, as one would naturally expect, but over the elevated south rim of 

 the valley from TuftonborougL The height of the loftiest Ossipee 

 mountain is estimated at about 2,000 feet. There are no important 

 streams on the west side of these mountains. The seven brooks which 

 course down the abrupt slope often produce cascades, but have not made 

 notable excavations in the edge of the feldspathic mass. 



Green mountain in Effingham is four miles long, shaped much like 

 Red hill, save that the two parts are less deeply notched, and the course 

 is nearly east-west. It is about one fourth larger in every way, vertically 

 as well as horizontally. 



Except two ranges, the rest of the Lake district is nearly level. The 

 first lies in Eaton and Madison, including the easterly part of Free- 

 dom ; the second is a continuation of the Ossipee water-shed through 

 Wolfeborough into Brookfield and Middleton. Also, about Center Harbor 

 and Laconia there are isolated hilly knobs. 



The sandy plains of Madison, Freedom, and Ossipee are elevated from 

 400 to 525 feet, extending to North Conway and Bartlett, in the moun- 

 tain district. The average is nearly that of Lake Winnipiseogee. The 

 soil is very sandy, much of it being left for the growth of small pines. 

 Between the Ossipee and the Passaconnaway range the average eleva- 

 tion of the land may be from 550 to 600 feet, largely in the towns of 

 Tamworth and Sandwich. In Tamworth, Chatman's, Great, and McDan- 

 iel's hills are the highest points. The soil is better, and in favorable 



