History of the town of Richmond, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, from its first settlement, to 1882 . of theAshuelot proper to Keene, and beyond to the Surryhills. The view of Keene, considering it is twelvemiles away, is particularly fine. Small, indeed, itlooks for a city, a mere speck in comparison with thebroad plain upon which it stands. This plain, > (/I > rroq DW r. TOWN OF RICHMOND. I37 enclosed by continuous ranges of hills and mountainson all sides, except the south, looks like a vast amphi-theatre in the panorama before you. The hills skirt-ing the valley on the west, known as
History of the town of Richmond, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, from its first settlement, to 1882 . of theAshuelot proper to Keene, and beyond to the Surryhills. The view of Keene, considering it is twelvemiles away, is particularly fine. Small, indeed, itlooks for a city, a mere speck in comparison with thebroad plain upon which it stands. This plain, > (/I > rroq DW r. TOWN OF RICHMOND. I37 enclosed by continuous ranges of hills and mountainson all sides, except the south, looks like a vast amphi-theatre in the panorama before you. The hills skirt-ing the valley on the west, known as the Franconiamountain, which extends northward to Swansey, isexceedingly precipitous and abrupt on its eastern de-clivity. Perpendicular clitls of lift}^ feet and moreextend north and south for long distances west ofthe Joseph Newell place. Large boulders and de-tached portions of ledges are scattered at the foot ofthese hills. On the east of this valley, the ascent ismore gradual. The summit of this range is reachedon the top of the Little Monadnock, near the boun-daries of Troy and Fitzwilliam. This is the highestpeak in that direction, except the Grand Monadnock,which looms up in matchless grandeur, overtopping allother peaks and elevations in the state south of theWhite Mountains. Grassy hill, two miles distant tothe east, is seen to advantage here. This hill proper
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