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[Assembly 
sandstone near its summit. They were full 2,000 feet above Lake 
Champlain. They are not numerous, but sufficiently abundant and 
large to prove unquestionably their transportation by other means than 
human. 
Scratches and diluvial grooves are every where to be seen on the 
rocks through this whole section of country. Their general course is 
north and sooth. The cause of phenomena of this kind seems to be 
uniformly referred by geologists to currents which in former times have 
swept over those sections of country where they occur, or to the pas- 
sage of icebergs loaded with stones and rocks, when it was beneath an 
ocean. Not only are the flat or horizontal surfaces marked and grooved^ 
but also those which are perpendicular or at right angles to the horizon. 
Remarkable instances of this latter occur between West-Port and Port- 
Henry, in Essex county. 
WARREN COUNTY. 
Warren county is strictly a mountainous district. It is traversed on 
the southeast corner by the Palmertown range of mountains, and through 
its eastern portion by the Kayaderosseras range, quite its whole length. 
Its western side is occupied by the Sacondaga mountains, which are 
extremely rugged and precipitous. The highest and most remarkable 
mountain in the county is Crane's mountain, in Johnsburgh. It is up- 
wards of 3,000 feet above the plains of Warrensburgh. Its superior 
outline is quite remarkable, exhibiting from whatever point it is view- 
ed, a striking resemblance to the human face. This resemblance arises 
from the remarkable uplifts of the rock of which it is composed. The 
prospect from the higher class of mountains in Warren county is quite 
imposing, as from their summits the great ranges of mountains travers- 
ing the northern portion of the State, together with the Green moun- 
tains of Vermont, are distinctly in view. Crane's mountain, in Johns- 
burgh, and Harrington's hill, in Warrensburgh, by their position and 
height, command an extensive field for observation, and are very ad- 
vantageously located for conducting a trigonometrical survey. The great 
group of the Adirondacks are very distinctly seen during clear weather 
from Harrington's hill, almost due north from the observer, together 
with the remarkable ragged ridge lying to the east, and which passes 
through township 29, and onward through the eastern border of Keene. 
The lover of mountain scenery will not fail of visiting Harrington's 
hill, when in its neighborhood; it is easy to ascend, and in fact a car- 
riage might be driven to its summit. 
