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PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. 



south-east there is nothing, as far as the eye can see, but high ridges 

 and mountain peaks, which follow each other in rapid succession until 

 in the far distance they seem to pierce the sky. 



If we should follow along the boundary between New Hampshire and 

 Quebec province, there would be many points where we should wish to 

 stop and view the grand panorama spread out before us. Two of the 

 most remarkable outlooks we will notice. Not far from three and a half 

 miles south-west from Crown monument there is a high point of land. 

 If it was isolated from the ridge that extends in either direction from its 

 summit, it would be a mountain of quite respectable proportions. Its 

 height, — 2812 feet, — would place it among the mountains. The distant 

 view is not unlike that from Crown monument, but the immediate sur- 

 roundings are much more grand; and chief among the attractions is a 

 mountain lake, which lies in a depression to the west eight hundred feet 

 below the summit, and it is so near that we seem to look directly down 

 upon it. Another point of interest on the boundary is in the vicinity of 

 Third lake. The view northward embraces a continuous forest, extend- 

 ing fifty miles or more ; and in the distance, Megantic mountain stands 

 massive and alone. One or two houses in Ditton are the only habita- 

 tions that can be seen. 



South, half a mile distant, we look down on Third lake. On a clear, 

 bright day in early summer, when the stately forests are reflected in its 

 waters, undisturbed by a single ripple, it presents a scene of quiet beauty 

 that cannot be surpassed. Generally, the view southward is not exten- 

 sive, but on some of the higher points we can overlook the nearer hills, 

 and in the distance some of the peaks of the White Mountains can be 



seen. 



Mt. Carmel. 



Mt. Carmel rises 371 1 feet above the level of the sea. It is on the 

 line, of New Hampshire and Maine, as the state line crosses it just as it 

 begins to slope towards the west. The mountain consists of a long ridge, 

 and, from the west, the ascent is quite gradual. On the ridge there are 

 two points of nearly equal height, half or three quarters of a mile apart ; 

 from the point east there is a gradual slope for half a mile, and then 

 the descent is almost perpendicular down to the debris formed from the 

 fallen rocks. Before we reach this precipitous height, there is a ridge 



