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many instances to graveL As the rock is peculiar, and well character- 
ized through the whole region of the upper Hudson, it is very easy to 
recognize it. It is, however, rare that we meet with it far down the 
main branch of the Hudson; in fact I doubt whether it is possible to find 
a pebble of this rock in the course of this river below Glen's Falls. The 
fact is, before they reach the wide and deeper portions of it, they are 
ground to powder. If this is not true, we should frequently find masses 
of this rock along the shores of the Hudson, which have been transport- 
ed either by the force of spring freshetSj or by ice at the breaking up of 
the streams. 
The region in which the east branch of this river rises, it seems had 
never been explored previous to our visit; and It is not unreasonable to 
suppose this, for all our writers on geography have uniformly underrated 
its height, have made incorrect statements in relation to the origin and 
course of the principal branches of the Hudson, and also in relation to 
the character of the whole mountain group in which they rise. 
This being the case, it is not surprising that names have not been giv- 
en to the highest points of land in the State. This privilege belongs by 
common consent to the first explorers. This, to be sure, is of but little 
consequence; stilJ, as things must have a name, the party saw fit to con- 
fer upon a few of the highest summits designations by which they may 
in future be known. As this tour of exploration was made by gentle- 
men who were in the discharge of their duties to the State, and under 
the direction of the present Executive, whose interest in the survey has 
been expressed both by public recommendation and private counsel and 
advice, it was thought that a more appropriate name could not be con- 
ferred on the highest summit of this group than Mount Marcy. Its ap- 
proximate bearing from Bald Peak, in West Port,* so well known on 
Lake Champlain, is N. 81° W. Its true bearing from the Dial Moun- 
tain is N. 73° 13' W., and the bearing of Bald Peak from the last 
named mountain is S. 85° 48' E.; and from the same, White Face bears 
N. 13° 47' W., with an angle of depression = 0. 15'. The bearing of 
White Face from Mount Marcy on the magnetic meridian is N. 10° 30' 
E., and of Bald Peak, S. 80° E. Clear Pond, at Johnson's, S. 21° E. 
and Mud Pond, 2h miles N. towards the Dial Mountain, S. 51° 30' E. 
The Newcomb farm and clearing, S. 61° W., and Pendleton settlement 
S. 65° W.; Camel's Rump, in the Green mountains, N. 87° E.; Moun- 
tain Meadow, source of the Hudson and Ausable, N. 70° E. 
* This mountain is six miles from Moriah Four Corners, bearing N. 20^ E. (Magnetic.) 
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