136 G 5 . REPORT OF PROGRESS. I. C. WHITE. 



The vertical height of this section, serves to illustrate the 

 rapidity with which the surface falls away to the westward, 

 when it is stated that it was obtained in traveling a distance 

 of only 2£ miles in a direct line ; it also exhibits in a striking 

 manner the enormous erosion to which this region has been 

 subjected. The Tunkhannock valley here carries only a 

 small amount of water. 



Barometric elevations in Ararat. 



A. T. 



Forks near J. Beaumont's, 2015' 



Cross roads at Ararat Summit cut, 2070' 



Summit just west 2100' 



Cross roads near H. Barnes', 2000' 



Forks near N. J. West's, 1815' 



" E. L. Avery's, 1450' 



22. Herricfr, in Susquehanna county. 



This lies directly south from Ararat, and like it, has 

 Wayne county for its eastern boundary. 



The head branches of the Lackawanna river and the tribu- 

 taries of East Tunkhannock (southward flowing streams) 

 drain this township. 



Much of the surface has an elevation of nearly 2000' A. 

 T. and in the south western corner of the same we find the 

 culminating point of the State. In what is locally known 

 as the Elk mountains there are twin peaks, the North and 

 South knobs, which overtop by hundreds of feet everything 

 else for miles around them. 



North knob, as determined by barometer, has an eleva- 

 tion of 2700' which is higher than any other known elevation 

 in the State, except in its south-western districts. 



South knob, one mile away, and just at the south line 

 of the township rises to 2575'. These determinations were 

 closely checked and re-checked from Herrick Center (1803') 

 on the Jefferson R.R., only four miles away, so that they 

 are as likely to be a few feet below as above the true altitude ; 

 at any rate they can not vary more than 25 feet either way 

 from the truth. 



