CONTENTS. 
CHAPTER I. 
GENERAL INTRODUCTION. 
i. Location and Boundaries. 
2. Geological History. 
Geology ; Soil. 
3. Topography. 
Character of Mountains ; Altitudes ; Black River side ; Champlain side ; Natural Avenue from 
New York to the St. Lawrence, below Montreal ; Characteristic Birds of the mountains 
and valley about Lake George. 
4. Climate. 
Snow ; Temperature ; Relation between Temperature and Altitude ; Sudden Changes of Tem- 
perature ; Rain-fall ; Humidity, and its Influence upon Vegetation. 
5, General Features. 
Marsh Plants upon High Mountains ; Peculiarities of Valleys ; of Mountains ; Windfalls ; De- 
vastating Fires ; A Walk through the Forest ; Winter ; Autumn ; Mixed Flocks. 
6. Botany. 
Forest Trees ; Undershrubs ; Smaller Flowering Plants and Herbs ; Mosses ; Lichens. 
7. Faunal Position. 
As Illustrated by the Mammals ; Birds ; Lepidoptera, and Plants. 
