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less important than what have been described. The shape of the range 

 is like that assumed by hills with a monoclinal dip, while the structure is 

 that of an inverted anticlinal axis. There would also seem to be a syn- 

 clinal basin on the east, separating the range from the Carter mountains 

 in Bean's Purchase. The structure of the latter line of elevations is not 

 well understood. It is often the case on Washington that the inversion 

 does not appear at the bottoms of the great ravines. In the Peabody 

 River (west branch) gulf the dip is easterly, while high up on the moun- 

 tain's flank the reversed north-westerly inclination is apparent. 



The great water-shed of the state, south of Franconia, is maintained 

 in its present position, for stratigraphical reasons. The axis of the ridge 

 is a very hard, unyielding granite, which has sternly resisted all efforts at 

 thorough disintegration from the earliest times. It is an interesting fact 

 that this range should be essentially parallel to the anticlinal ridge of the 

 Green Mountains, both being of nearly the same age. 



A few other interesting views of the great range of mountains may be 

 noticed here. On page 3 Mt. Madison is seen to loom up majestically, 

 as it is viewed from Shelburne. Fig. 60 is a similar sketch, from the 



Fig. 79._WASHINGTON, CLAY, AND JEFFERSON, FROM ADAMS. 



Lead Mine bridge, one of the favorite localities to be reached from Gor- 

 ham. Fig. 6"] seems to be from a point intermediate between the others. 

 In all of these, Washington appears quite inferior by the side of the 

 more conspicuous eminence. 



The views from the north of the same mountains give a greater 



