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Canada creek and extending through the northwestern part of 

 Hamilton county, and crossing the center of Essex county to Lake 

 Champlain. The highest peak is Mount Dix, with an altitude of 

 4915 feet above sea level. Other prominent mountains of the 

 Bouquet range are Giant, Noon Mark, Dial, Nippletop, McComb, 

 Sable and Boreas mountains. 



The third range, known as the Schroon, begins at the valley of 

 the Mohawk, in the eastern part of Fulton county, and crossing 

 through Warren and Essex counties ends near Westport, on Lake 

 Champlain. The Schroon river flows along the eastern base of 

 this range. 



The fourth range is the Kayaderosseras, which begins in the 

 lowlands north of Saratoga Springs and extends through Warren 

 county to Crown Point. Mount Pharaoh, a high peak near 

 Schroon lake, is the only important mountain of this range. 



The fifth range, known as the Luzerne mountains, begins in the 

 foothills near Saratoga, crosses the Hudson river a little above 

 Glens Falls, and running northeasterly encircles Lake George on 

 the west, ending at Ticonderoga on Lake Champlain. The peaks 

 of this range around Lake George are about 2000 feet above tide- 

 water. 



According to Prof. Arnold Guyot, the main mass of the State 

 of New York is a high triangular tract or tableland, elevated 

 from 1500 to 2000 feet above the ocean, and may be considered 

 the northeastern extremity of the western half of the Appalachian 

 plateau in this latitude. The natural limits to the west and 

 north are the depression now only partly filled by the waters of 

 Lakes Erie and Ontario, and which continues in a northeastern 

 course down the St Lawrence river to the ocean. The natural 

 limit at the east is the long and deep valley of Lake Champlain 

 and the Hudson river. In the south the tableland continues unin- 

 terrupted into Pennsylvania. The eastern edge is formed by a 

 series of mountain chains, more or less isolated, in which are the 

 highest summits in the State. These are the Highlands, crossed 

 by the Hudson, the Shawangunk mountain and the Catskills on 



