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PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY, 



Jackson, Chatham, and Bartlett ; to the south-east and south,- the Mote, Chocoruay 

 Tremont, Table mountain, Passaconnaway, Whiteface, Squam, and Tripyramid ; while 

 to the west and north-west lie the Franconia and Twin mountains, and the great- 

 mass of ridges and valleys between the Saco and the Pemigewasset. The view from 

 Carrigain opens new fields in every direction for mountain exploi'atioft ; and it is to be 

 hoped that the many persons frequenting the mountains, and fond of rough trampSy 

 will ere long penetrate these interior recesses of the wilderness, and acquaint Us with 

 the topography and geology of this now unknown part of tie White Mountain group. 



Cascades. 



Cascades and waterfalls occur abundantly in New Hampshire, and' 



they nearly always display the prevail- 

 ing ledges of the vicinity, and conse- 

 quently are sought for in- geological 

 explorations. I will mention only those 

 which are figured^ for their narrte is le- 

 gion. 



Georgianna falls in Lincoln (Fig. 41, 

 p. 215) is one of the grandest cascades 

 to be found among the mountains. It- 

 is more than' a mile west of the Peihi- 

 gewa:sset valley, upon a tributary coifi- 

 ing out of Bog pond. The path leads" 

 through the woods from a farm-house- 

 about two miles below the entrance- 

 to the Flume. For more than a mile 

 there is a series of smaller cascades fill' 

 the inain fall is reached'. 

 This consists of two 

 leaps of eighty feet each, 

 which give the effect 

 of a single fall, a& seen 

 through the trees ffoM a 

 distance. An extensive' 

 cut has been made in the 

 rocks, which are largely 



Fig. 89. — SILVER CASCADE. j: •. • 



' or coarse granite- vems; 



