NATURAL HISTORY AND PHYSIOGRAPHY OF NEW BRUNSWICK 
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So gradually does the mountain rise above its surroundings 
that its summit cannot be seen from anywhere in the near vicinity, 
but its form and relations to neighboring hills can be determined 
only from a distance, or from its own summit. As to the latter, it 
affords unfortunately no good view, because it is densely wooded ; 
but from .a precarious perch on a tall tree I was able to see that it 
forms the culmination of a marked ridge much higher than any 
other land in the vicinity, and of which Thunder Mountain is 
the southwestern end. As to its appearance from a distance, it 
is in no respect striking or distinctive, aside from its obvious 
elevation above all other land in the vicinity. I find happily that 
I have preserved in my notes sketches of its form as seen from 
three distant points from which it shows clearly, and these 
sketches are reproduced in the accompanying cut. The mountain 
appears to be formed entirely of granite, for all its boulders are 
of that material, and granite ledges occur upon its flanks, as 
recorded in Notes 87 and 97. 
96. Observations upon the Weather of the Central 
Highlands. 
Read Decembers, 1905. 
During several journeys into the central highlands of the 
province, I have taken some note of weather conditions, especial- 
ly as to temperature. In working out the details of various 
aneroid measurements I have noticed that the temperatures taken 
with the readings average, as would be expected, markedly lower 
than those at the central stations at Fredericton and Chatham. I 
attempted in 1904 to make somewhat exact measurements of 
minimum night temperatures, but owing partly to a defective in- 
strument and partly to an erroneous method, my somewhat 
elaborate results proved worthless. But in July, 1905, I attempted . 
to make these measurements with proper methods (hanging the 
thermometer always over five feet from the ground in an open 
space), and with a carefully standardized instrument (a Hicks 
form re-scaled in comparison with a standard thermometer). Un- 
fortunately my trip this time was very short, but the temperatures, 
