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PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. 



breadth of base than those from Shelburne, as in Figs. 78 and 44. The 

 first represents the view of Mts. Madison and Adam^ from Randolph 

 hill, about five miles from Gorham in the Moose River valley. In this 

 neighborhood one can study to advantage various features about the 

 bases of the mountains, that help make up a perfect sketch, — the ragged 

 edges of ravines, outlines of the rocky abutments, and the valleys made 

 by the streams and clefts in the ledges. These forms are such as are 

 peculiar to schists. In Fig. 44 the base seems broader; and now Mt. 

 Washington has made its appearance in a small cone between and back 



Fig. 80. — WASHINGTON RANGE, FROM CARROLL. 



of the others. The summits lie in a semi-circular line, with reference to 

 each other. 



Midway between Bethlehem and the Fabyan house is a view of the 

 Washington range in Carroll, that is much admired (Fig. 80). It is from 

 a point below the Twin Mountain house, though not far distant ; and one 

 has the advantage here of seeing the range behind a level foreground 

 consisting of the Ammonoosuc meadows. The range is of schist, while 

 the foreground rests upon granite. The view may be compared with 

 that in Fig. 25. 



