578 ' PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. 



given in the answers by well informed persons in most of our towns to 

 questions put by James O. Adams, secretary of the Board of Agricul- 

 ture. I have condensed these estimates from the original statements in 

 the third annual report of the secretary, presented in 1873. The ques- 

 tion was couched in the following language: "What proportion of the 

 area of the town is covered with forests.'" I will give the substance 

 of the answers, by counties, as briefly as possible. 



Rockingham County. Atkinson, one third the area covered with wood-growth ; 

 Auburn, sixty-five per cent. ; Brentwood, less wood and pasturage than improved 

 land; Chester, about half; Danville, about half, mostly young growth; Derry, one 

 fifth ; East Kingston, one tenth ; Epping, twenty per cent. ; Fremont, forty per cent. ; 

 Hampton Falls, one fifth ; Kensington, one eighth ; Kingston, one fourth ; Newmar- 

 ket, one eighth ; Newton, one half; North Hampton, one third ; Rye, considerable area 

 covered with bushes; Sandown, one half; Seabrook, one fourth; South Hampton, one 

 twelfth; Stratham, less than half; Windham, more than half. 



Strafford County. Harrington, more than half; Diu-ham, one third; Farmington, 

 "stripped of its forests;" Lee, a small part; Madbury, one fourth; New Durham, 

 more than half; Rochester, a small part; RoUinsford, one twentieth. 



Belknap County. Alton, one third ; Belmont, one twentieth ; Center Harbor, one 

 fourth to one third ; Gilmanton, one fourth ; Sanbornton, one tenth ; Tilton, less than 

 one fourth. 



Carroll County. Albany, three fourths ; Bartlett, two thirds ; Eaton, one third ; 

 Effingham, one fourth. Freedom, one third; Madison, one half; Moultonborough, sixty 

 per cent. ; Ossipee, one third; Sandwich, one half; Tviftonborough, one third; Wake- 

 field, one half; Wolfeborough, one third. 



Merrimack County. Andover, nearly one fourth ; Bow, nearly half; Bradford, one 

 twentieth; Dunbarton, one fourth to one third; Franklin, one eighth; Henniker, 

 twelve to thirteen per cent. ; New London, one eighth ; Northfield, little less than one 

 fourth ; Salisbury, more than half; Warner, one fourth ; Webster, one fourth ; Wil- 

 mot, one fourth. 



Hillsborough County. Antrim, one fourth ; Bedford, one fourth ; Bennington, one 

 fourth ; Brookline, one half; Deering, one tenth ; Francestown, one third to one half; 

 Goffstown, about one third ; Greenfield, one fourth ; Hollis, one fourth ; Hudson, fifty 

 per cent. ; Lyndeborough, one fourth to one third ; Manchester, nearly one third wood 

 or hoop-poles; Merrimack, one half; Mont Vernon, one fourth; New Boston, one 

 eighth ; New Ipswich, twenty-five per cent. ; Peterborough, one fifth ; Temple and 

 Windsor, each one fifth ; Wilton one twentieth. 



Cheshire County. Dublin, one twelfth ; Fitzwilliam, one half; Gilsum, one fourth to 

 one third ; Harrisville, Marlborough, Rindge, Sullivan, and Walpole, each one fourth ; 

 Nelson, one sixth; Richmond, one tenth to one eighth; Surry, one third; Swanzey, 



