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Bald, or Kagoot ^loiintain (near source of South 
Branch ; fully discussed in Note 72). Mean of five good measure- 
ments checked from Fredericton, 2351 feet; from Chatham, 2259;* ** 
hence by the rule, 2290. 
^Middle Mountain. 120 feet lower ; hence 2770. 
Caribou ^Mountain. 220 feet lower than Big ^ Bald; hence 
2070. 
South Branch Nepisiguit, immediately south of Big Bald. 585 
feet below Big Bald ; hence 7705. 
South Branch Nepisiguit, just south of the Notch. Two 
measurements checked from Fredericton, 1640; from Chatham, 
1575; hence by the rule 7597. The deadwater just west of Big 
Bald is probably about 7675. 
Source of the Northwest Miramichi. (See Note 77). One 
measurement checked from Fredericton gave 1351; from Chat- 
ham, 1331 ; hence by the rule 1338 . 
Northwest Miramichi just south of Mount Cartier. Two 
measurements checked from Fredericton, 1164 feet; from Chat- 
ham, 1167 (sic); hence 1163 . 
IMount Cartier, or Little Bald. 960 feet over the Northwest 
south of it; hence 2125 feet. Two measurements checked from 
Chatham, 2226; from Fredericton, 2174 (sic) ; hence by the rule, 
2212. Averaging this with the direct measurement, 2168 . This 
mountain, however, is apparently higher than Chief’s and any 
others in the vicinity, and I am inclined to think there is some 
error in my measurements and that it really is considerably over 
2200 feet.^"^ 
* The great difference between these figures suggests some error in my figuring, but 
comparison of the readings of Fredericton and Chatham at those times shows that the 
difference really exists in the readings of the two stations. 
** Nothing, however, can possibly be more deceptive than the apparent heights of moun* 
tains viewed from others at a distance, for the eye invariably judges the height according 
to the distance it rises above its neighbors. Hence a mountain really not very high may 
seem of great elevation when isolated among lower hills ; and this is the case with Little 
Bald or Cartier. Again, a mountain really of great height, if rising little above its neigh 4 
bors, may be thought not to be so; this is the case with Carleton, highest in the Province. 
There is one thing which makes me think Cartier may really be little or no higher than 
Chiefs, despite its much greater apparent height, namely, in a photograph of it from Chiefs 
it stands up very little above the horizon beyond. As the land to the eastward is certainly 
of lower elevation, this implies that Cartier cannot greatly surpass Chiefs in height. 
