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PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. 



Hampshire is about 775 square miles, or one twelfth of the state. About 

 900 square miles from Maine are also drained by this river through 

 New Hampshire. 



The course of the Androscoggin from Umbagog lake is first a little 

 south of west about five miles to the mouth of Clear stream, from which 

 its general course is S. 5° W. to the mouth of Moose river at Gorham, 

 a distance of thirty-three miles, following the bends of the river. Along 

 this portion of its course the Androscoggin flows almost directly towards 

 the highest and most massive range of the White Mountains, approach- 

 ing within ten miles of the summit of Mt. Washington. At Gorham, 

 this barrier turns the river sharply to the east, a distance of nine miles, 

 carrying it into the state of Maine. 



The length of the Magalloway, from its source in Pittsburg, near the 

 most northern point of New Hampshire, to its mouth, is thirty-three miles 

 in a direct line, or thirty-nine miles, following the principal bends in the 

 stream. A large portion of this river is nearly level and very meander- 

 ing, although its general course is nearly straight. The total length of 

 river from Magalloway lake, the source of this stream, to the point where 

 the Androscoggin enters Maine, is eighty-six miles. 



The most distant point in Maine drained by the range of lakes is about 

 forty miles in a direct line from the junction of these waters with the 

 Magalloway. We copy, from Wells's Water Power of Maine, the follow- 

 ing statement of the area, altitude, and amount of storage as reservoirs, 

 of the 



Range of Lakes in Maine. 



Our eastern boundary runs across Umbagog lake, dividing it in nearly 

 equal portions to the two states. The length of this lake is about eleven 

 miles, the north portion being bent east into Maine. By the dam in 

 Errol, four miles below its mouth, the outlet is made navigable for a 



