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First a few lines from Dr. C. T. Jackson. 
“Leaving our camp on the 2 Kinn±&iii side the next morning at 
seven o’clock, we set out for the summit of Kiiaadn, travelling stead¬ 
ily up the side, clambering over loose boulders of granite, trap, and 
graywacke, which are heaped up in confusion along its course. We 
length 
at/,reached a place where it was dangerous to walk on the loose stones, 
and passing over the right hand side, clambered up along the dwarfish 
bushes that cling to the side of the mountain. 11 
“Two of our party became discouraged on reaching this point 
and., there being no necessity of their accompanying us, they were 
allowed to return to camp. The remainder of our ascent was extremely 
difficult, and required no small perseverance. Our Indian guide, 
Louis, placed stones along the path, in order that we might more readijfc 
find the way down the mountain, and the wisdom of this precaution 
was fully manifested in its sequel, At ten o’clock we reashed trie 
tableland which forms the mountain*?top, and ascends gradually to the 
central peak. Here thejwind and driving snow and hail rendered it 
almost impossible to proceed, but we at length reached the central 
peak. The true altitude of f^ount Ktaadn, above the level of the sea, 
is a little more than one mile perpendicular elevation. It is, then 
evidently the highest point in the State of Maine, and is the most 
abrupt granite mountain in New England? 
(P us) 
