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Boundaries of Hydrographic Basins. 



Connecticut River. The main water-shed of the state, separating the 

 waters of the Connecticut from those of the Androscoggin, Saco, and 

 Merrimack, commences at the Canadian boundary five miles south-west 

 of Crown monument, and three miles east of Third lake.* Its course is 

 first south-east to Mts. Abbott and Carmel, thence south-west nearly to 

 the southern border of Second lake, thence south to Magalloway moun- 

 tain, and then south-west to Mt. Pisgah. It next bends more to the west, 

 and reaches its farthest limit just west of the Diamond ponds in the 

 eastern part of Stewartstown ; thence it runs south-east to Dixville notch, 

 thence a little east of south, through Millsfield, Dummer, and Milan, to a 

 point about three miles north-west of Berlin falls. Here it bends to the 

 south-west, passing along the mountain ridges in Randolph, then south- 

 east to Mts. Jefferson and Washington, then south-west along this range 

 to Mt. Clinton and the Notch. Thence it extends nearly west over the 

 Twin mountains and Lafayette to Cannon mountain in Franconia ; thence 

 it turns south-west, passing over Mt. Kinsman, through the west part of 

 Lincoln and near the boundary between Woodstock and Benton, to 

 Moosilauke, from which it descends to the Oliverian notch in the north 

 part of Warren. It then passes to the mountains in the north-west corner 

 of this township, and thence south-westerly over Ore hill and through the 

 south-east corner of Piermont to Mt. Cuba in the east part of Orford. 

 From this it extends south-east to Cardigan mountain in Orange, dividing 

 Dorchester by a diagonal line. It next turns south-west to Orange sum- 

 mit, on the Northern Railroad ; thence it extends nearly south through 

 the west part of Grafton and the north-east part of Springfield, passing 

 into New London between Little Sunapee lake and Pleasant pond, thence 

 bending south-west to within a half mile of Sunapee lake at its north- 

 east extremity. This line next passes over the high ridge in the north- 

 west corner of Sutton, thence south-west into Newbury, again coming 

 within about a half mile of Sunapee lake at its southern end, and thence 

 west to Sunapee mountain. From this the water-shed line follows the 

 highlands, which extend south, nearly through the centres of Washington, 

 Stoddard, Nelson, and Dublin, to Monadnock mountain. Thence it passes 



* See, also, p. 218, 



