CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. 

 GENERAL INTRODUCTION 



I. Location and Boundaries. 

 2. Geological History. 



Ceology ; Soil. 



3. Topography. 



Character of Mountains ; Altiliules ; Ulack River side ; Clianiplain side ; Natural Avenue from 

 New York to tlie St. Lawrence, ijelow Montreal ; Characteristic Birds of the mountains 

 and valley about Lake George. 



4. Climate. 



Snow ; Temperature ; Relation l)etween Temperature and Allilude ; Sudden Changes of Tem- 

 perature ; Rain-fall ; Humidity, and its Intlucncc upon Vegetation. 



5. General Features. 



Marsh Plants upon High Mountains ; Peculiarities of Valleys ; of Mountains ; Windfalls ; De- 

 vastating Eires ; A Walk through the Eorest ; Winter; Autumn ; Mixed Elocks. 



6. Botany. 



Eorest Trees ; Undershruhs ; Smaller Elowering Plants and Herbs ; Mosses; Lichens. 



7. Faunae PosrnoN. 



As Illustrated by the .Mammals ; Hirds ; Lepidoptera, and Plants. 



