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verticality, use a plummet from two directions at right angles, and avoid any deviation 

 of the plummet by the wind. 



5. To aid in finding the station if the signal pole should be removed, a full descrip- 

 tion must be made, embracing the following points : 



The township and county in which it is situated ; the most direct and easy route for 

 reaching it ; the name by which the hill is commonly known ; the name of the person 

 owning the land where the station is ; the name and post-oflSce address of the person 

 having the signal in charge (who is expected to restore it to its proper position, if dis- 

 turbed) ; the particular part of the hill where it is located ; its exact distance and 

 magnetic direction from any prominent objects around ; the height of the top of the 

 keg above the ground ; the manner in which the station is marked, whether by bolt or 

 jar ; and any other statements which may facilitate the identification of the spot when- 

 ever the signal may be destroyed. 



In this description there should also be noted the direction, by the compass, to other 



hills and mountains visible, particularly to those upon which signals have been or are 



to be set, also, to church spires and other prominent buildings. This description 



should be carefully written out and sent to 



Prof. E. T. QUIMBY, 



Acting Assistant U. S. C. S., Hanover, N. H. 



Miscellaneous. 



It is perhaps hardly important enough to mention reasons for choosing 

 particular names of localities when there is opportunity to exercise judg- 

 ment. For example, in opposition to a common usage, I employ Mt. 

 Cuba instead of Mt. Cube, in Orford. According to Dr. Dwight,* the 

 original name was derived from the circumstance that a dog called Cuba 

 lost his life on this eminence in a fight with a bear. There is no signifi- 

 cance in the word Cube, save as a corruption of Cuba. I retain the 

 improvement proposed by Carrigain in applying the appellation of 

 Merrimack river to the longest branch of the Pemigewasset. A pond at 

 the north-west head of the Magalloway river we propose to call Magallo- 

 way pond or lake. Small bodies of water discovered in the White 

 Mountains are termed Haystack and Kinsman ponds. Mts. Hale, Field, 

 and Lyon are new names suggested for peaks in Pemigewasset and 

 Northumberland. Any other changes of consequence will be noticed in 

 connection with descriptions of their geological or physical features. 



The proper triangulation of the White Mountain district is likely to 



* Travels in New England, vol. ii, p. 119. 



