586    RIVERS IN NEW-HAMPSHIRE.

Barrington, and from a stream coming from low and marshy land
in the vicinity. These two streams unite in Madbury, and, after
winding through the town the stream thus formed falls into the Pis-
cataqua, on the west side of Dover Neck. It has some valuable
water power in Dover, where there is a large woolen manufactory,
situated about one half mile from the City Hall.

Beaver River has its principal source in Beaver Pond, in Lon-
donderry. From this pond it passes south, through Pelham, and
falls into the Merrimack, in Dracut, Massachusetts. Its waters
flow from the whole or part of six towns.

Bear Camp River has its source from several streams flowing
from the south side of the Sandwich and Albany Mountains. It
passes through Tamworth in an easterly ^direction and receives a
considerable stream, coming from Albany, in Ossipee, and falls into
Ossipee Lake, on its western border.

Black Water River. (See Contoocook River.)

Clear River. (See Androscoggin River.)

Cold River has its source in Unity, Acworth and south-west
corner of Lempster ; thence it passes through the southerly part of
Langdon and the north-westerly corner of Alstead and mingles with
the waters of the Connecticut, in the northerly part of Walpole. It
drains a basin of nearly 60,000 acres, and has an improved horse
water power of 650.

Connecticut River is the largest and most important River in New-
England. For richness and fertility of soil, and fine and beau-
tiful scenery, the Connecticut valley is not surpassed by any valley
in this country. From its mouth nearly to its source its banks, on
either side, are dotted with large and substantial farm houses and
beautiful cities and villages.

Its principal source is among the highlands in the northern part
of the State. Its name, in the Indian language, is said to signify
Long River, or as some render it, the River of Pines, and pro-
nounced Quonektacut. Its general course is north and south, and its
western bank forms the boundary line between New-Hampshire and
Vermont; thence it crosses the western part of Massachusetts, passes
through the State of Connecticut, nearly in the center, and, after a
fall of 1,600 feet from its head, it empties into Long Island Sound in
latitude 41° 16', having traversed, by a meandering course, a dis-
tance of nearly 450 miles.

Before the days of railroads, by means of canals and other im-