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nearly level, and it may be walked over in less than 

 an hour. The Sugarloaf is a pyramidal heap of grey 

 rocks, \^hich, in some places, are formed like wind- 

 ing steps. This Pinnacle has been ascended in one 

 hour and an half The traveller having gained the 

 summit, is recompensed for his toil, if the sky be se- 

 rene, with a most noble and extensive prospect. 

 On the south-east there is a view of the Atlantic 

 ocean, the nearest part of Avhich is 65 miles, in 

 a direct line. On the west and north the prospect 

 is bounded by the Highlands, which separate the 

 waters of Connecticut and Amariscoggin rivers, 

 from those of lake Champlain and St. Lawrence. 

 On the south it extends to the southernmost moun- 

 tains of New Hampshire, comprehending a view of 

 the lake Winipiseogee. On every side of these 

 mountains are long winding gullies, beginning at the 

 precipice below the plain, and deepening in the de- 

 scent. In Winter the snow lodges in these gullies; 

 and, being driven by the north-west and north-east 

 wind from the top, is deepest in those which are 

 situated on the southerly side. It is observed to lie 

 longer, in the Spring, on the south, than on the north- 

 west side, which is the case with many other hills in 

 New Hampshire. 



A ranging company, who ascended the highest 

 mountain, on the north-west part, April 29th, 1725, 

 found the snow four feet deep on that side ; the sum- 

 mit was almost bare of snow, though covered with 

 white frost and ice, and a small pond of water near 

 the top was hard frozen. 



In the year 1784, snow was seen on the south side 

 ©f the largest mountain^ till the 12th of July ; in 1790 



