260 Pirsson and Washington — Geology of Red Hill, N. II. 



lakes and low country which lie at its foot. This general 

 regularity of outline is modified by a valley cut in the middle 

 of each long side, the one on the western side being the most 

 pronounced. These two valleys heading against one another 

 have cut out a low place in the crest line and divide the moun- 

 tain into north and south peaks. The drainage of the western 

 valley gives rise to a small brook ; its upper slopes are cultivated 

 and form two farms, access to which -is had by a road coming 

 up the valley to the saddle. The lower farmhouse, formerly 

 belonging to a family b} T the name of Home, is situated about 

 midway up this road ; it has long been the point at which 

 parties ascending the mountain for the view are accustomed 



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Red Hill from Sliepards Hill across Lake Asqnani. 



to leave their vehicles, and from this point a good trail ascends 

 to the north and highest peak. 



The lower and gentler foot slopes of the mountain are 

 usually not much cultivated but are free from forests and used 

 as hay fields and pastures ; above these the slopes are much 

 steeper and covered with a thick forest growth which in many 

 places springs up amid the slide rock bowlders and debris which 

 mask the underlying rock. In other places, especially around 

 the north end, the declivities sharpen into such steepness that 

 the mass is exposed in cliffs and heavy ledges. Good expo- 

 sures of the rocks are, however, not common on account of the 

 forest growth and the heavy mantle of glacial drift which 

 covers the lower slopes and hides the contact with the country 

 rock. The accompanying sketch (fig. 2), taken from Shepards 

 Hill at a distance of about five miles, shows the mountain 



