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GEOLOGY OF THE FIRST DISTRICT. 
(D). PRIMARY ROCKS OF SARATOGA AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES. 
The primary rocks occupy about two-fifths of Saratoga and one-fifth of Washington coun¬ 
ties. Lines drawn a little south of west to the west part of the county, and a little east of 
north to the Hudson, from Saratoga springs, would include all, or nearly all, of these rocks 
TABLE EXHIBITING A SURVEY OF THE COUNTRY AROUND WEST-POINT. 
STATIONS. 
Angle. Couvse. Distance. 
Station A. West end of the base line. 
To east end of the Base line. 
1026^ 
Kosciuszko’s monument 
328 30 
1630A 
calculated. 
Wood’s ditto . 
Cadet’s ditto . 
Flag staff. 
the Hotel. 
the Crow’s Nest, highest point of the mountain. 
the Old Beacon, highest point. 
Ditto, summit northeast of the last. 
Ditto, summit on the Breakneck mountain range 
Bull hill. 
Breakneck, first peak. 
Dittto, second peak. 
240 15 
232 55 
240 50 
293 10 
. 220 40 
271 52 
279 56 
285 40 
264 07 
258 14 
260 30 
3660J 
647 
1358 
9427 
17737 
Station B. (n.) East end of base line. 
To the west end of the Base line. 
the Flag staff on the plain at West-Point. 
the Cadet’s monument. 
the Crow’s Nest summit. 
Kosciuszko’s monument... 
Old Beacon summit. 
the Hotel about perpendicular to the front. 
the summit northeast of Old Beacon summit. 
the ammunition house of the Battery. 
the high peak on the Breakneck mountain range ., 
Station D on Fort Putnam.. 
Bull hill. 
Pyrophylite point opposite Buttermilk falls.. 
Beakneck west summit.. 
Granite point, above the last on the shore.. 
Mine point, above the last on the shore. 
Cooper’s shop, across the cove from Mine point.., 
G. Garrison’s wharf... 
Southeast corner of the Hospital garden fence .... 
East point of the rocky peninsula, on the flats.... 
West point of the same. 
000 00 
22 50 
42 05 
36 55 
114 10 
88 33 
68 28 
97 16 
305 12 
104 39 
313 10 
81 33 
274 45 
75 42 
270 00 
259 10 
253 25 
241 35 
290 40 
279 42 
281 00 
10264 
1456 
4357 
10228 
951 
1T733 
1342 
21733 
456 
35704 
2707 
22373 
23113 
Station C. (m.) On the baseline. 
To the east end of the Base line. 
Kosciuszko’s monument. 
the ammunition house of the Battery. 
the Redoubt east of Fort Putnam. 
000 00 
130 16 
257 30 
318 00 
3454 
1137 
3S1-7 
Station B. At Wood's rnonnmjeid. 
To Kosciuszko’s monument..'. 
the Hotel. 
the Highland school (stone house). 
the peak of the hill beyond the Highland school. 
000 00 
337 45 
329 36 
326 40 
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