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running from the mountain are po table any time of the year, 
Geology. 
The mountain is composed of granite. There are two varieties the 
red and the gray. The former appears to be at the top and the latter 
at the base. The country around for miles is of granite also. The 
first rock of a different kind that I found was meiaphyr, about 
fifteen miles to the east. There ifeere a number of boulders of this 
scattered along for a mile. I imagine it was in situ but have no 
proof of this. On the summit are evidences of glacial action such 
as worn pebbles of quartz, argyllite, etc., which shows conclusively 
that the ice must have passed over Ktaadn during the glacial period. 
Several ^ 
There have been^slides down the mountain side. Williams ays that 
one took pia.ce on the 3. W. side in 1816, 1 1/4 miles long. The 
east side is less than - mile. It occured between the years 1820 and 
1820. Hunters Rest is a curious place and worthy of disoription. 
It is at the base of the mountain, on the west sideof the long ridge 
stretching away to the north and. known as Russel mountain. It was 
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doubtless formed by a large p^.ece 6f rock breaking away from the mount¬ 
ain side and sliding to the foot. It is a Soft of covered room open 
on thfWsiaes. The back side is nearly vertical, about the hight of 
one’s head and the ceiling extends out eight oc ten feet horizontally, 
so that the top and sides form almost a right angle like an ordinary 
It is of sblid granite and looks as if it were cut out by man. 
room. 
