. The Granite monthly : a magazine of literature, history and state progress. material oozed from theopening and gradually accumulatedtill the whole mountain was builtup. This is one of the first pointsof dry land in New Hampshire thatappeared above the primeval porphyritic gneiss on MountCardigan attracts much attention by its spotted appearance,—it beingsomething like checked rock is a common granite, fulllarge rectangular crystals of feldspar, I B*6L «U Cardigan Lake, Orange. Mount Cardigan, from Canaan Intervale. varying f 10111 one fourth of an inch to three inche
. The Granite monthly : a magazine of literature, history and state progress. material oozed from theopening and gradually accumulatedtill the whole mountain was builtup. This is one of the first pointsof dry land in New Hampshire thatappeared above the primeval porphyritic gneiss on MountCardigan attracts much attention by its spotted appearance,—it beingsomething like checked rock is a common granite, fulllarge rectangular crystals of feldspar, I B*6L «U Cardigan Lake, Orange. Mount Cardigan, from Canaan Intervale. varying f 10111 one fourth of an inch to three inches in length. The general direction of the mountain is north and south; the length of its base line is about five miles, and it is the highest elevation in its part of the state. The base of Mount Cardigan,. on the east, is rugged and cov-I ered with a thick growth of for-est, and the summit towers athousand feet above the middle peak, CardiganDome, is symmetrical in lower peaks on the northand south are known respec- 3° TWO NEW HAMPSHIRE tivelyPeak. Weltons Falls, North Alexandria. as Xorth Peak and SouthA deep ravine extends up the eastern side of the mountain,separating Cardigan Dome fromNorth Peak. The western slope of MountCardigan, below the ledges, isa series of broad terraces, andthe granite crests on each sideof Cardigan Dome do not standout prominently. From a pointon Canaan meadows, near thefair grounds, snow may usuallybe seen on Moosilauke and Car-digan several weeks earlier thanit appears in the valleys. Thereare two paths to the summitfrom the eastern side. A newpath from the Groton and .* Orange road now leads up the northern slope to the summit of North Peak. Cardigan cave, 4 a cavity about thirty feet long, H twenty feet wide, and ten feethigh, is situated near this short distance from it, there is a natural bridge across a hours climb by the path lead- -
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