NORTHERN HIGHLAND DISTRICT. 



DIVISION 0] Illl STATE INTO AUIUCI'LTIRAL DISTRICTS. 



\ N rk may be divided into m\ agricultural tli>i rit-t >, each of which has a few charac- 

 teristics sufficiently well marked to establish a peculiarity, and distinguish n as a separate 

 agricultural region. 



1. The Highland districts, comprising the Northern and the Southern highland districts; 



2. The Eastern district, which approaches the Hudson river, with its western boundary 



running parallel to the same; 



3. The Mohawk and Hudson vallies; 



4. The Western district; 



5. The Southern district ; and 



6. The Atlantic district. 



Without placing much stress upon the importance of this subdivision, I barely remark 

 that there are geological features belonging to each, winch can not be disregarded, and 

 which will be given to the reader in the propel places. It is now m\ design to state tin 

 peculiarities which belong to surface only, or the facts relating to elevation and depression, 

 or what would more immediately arrest the attention of a traveller passing over those 

 particular dial 



I. Tiik IIk.iu.and districts are widely separated from each other, but possess characters 

 in common. 



1. The Northern highland district is bounded north by the parallel of 45°; on the 



northea-t. it extends to Rand's hill in Clinton county; on the east, it is bounded by Lake 



Champlain from Trembleau point south to Fort-Ann; on the southeast and south, by a 



line running from the latter point southwest to Littlefalls, southwest and west hyaline 



runnitiL' from Littlefalls to Theresa falls on Indian river, ami on the northwest by aline 



from the latter place to near Chateaugay corners. The space included within these 



boundary Ime- is an irregular polygon, and embraces formations belonging to the primary 



divisions or classes. The soil is generally derived from granite and gneiss; is thin upon 



the higher grounds, but of sufficient depth in the \ alleys, ami is every where covered by 



a black vegetable mould, lint what distinguishes this district from all others, is its height 



above tide, and the multitude of its -bar]) peaks and ridges. Its greatest height is near 



- urces of the Hudson, Ausable, Racket, Black ami Mohawk rivers, all of which rise 



as it W'-re upon the same table land, but are destined to distant portions of the Slate, and 



to l>e lost in waters in opposite points of the compass. This district therefore slopes in all 



lions from a culminating point, is steeper upon the east than upon the west, and is 



oir from whence a large portion of the State is watered. The highest point 



■1s five thousand feet, which is gained at Mount Many in the Adirondack group, 



situated about forty mile- west of Port Henry on Lake Champlain. 



