576    MOUNTAINS IN NEW-HAMPSHIRE.

torrent rushes through its midst, falling over precipitous crags and
loose masses of rocks. It is not practicable to walk in the bed of
the Flume during the spring freshets and in early summer; but
late in the season but little water flows, and the bottom of the river
affords a good foot-path.

One of the most remarkable objects in the Flume is an immense
rounded block of granite, which hangs a few feet overhead,
supported merely by small surfaces of contact against its sides.
To the traveler passing in the bed of the stream and under-
neath this huge block, the appearance is that it must instantly fall
upon him.

Moosilauke or Moosehillock, in Benton, is the next highest moun-
tain in range, and has an altitude of 4,991 feet. The nearest point
by cars is Warren. The distance from the depot to the base of the
mountain is four miles; and thence by carriage road four miles to
the summit. It is becoming a popular resort for mountain tourists,
and Prof. A. Guyot says in respect to the scenery from the crest of
this mountain, “ The panorama which is before your eyes at the
summit of Moosilauke is nearly the most extensive I have found
in New-England, not excepting even that from M’ts. Washington
and Lafayette, over which it possesses many advantages. This is
due to the insulated position of that mountain outside of the group
of the White Mountains proper, combined with its great elevation
which surpasses by 1000 feet to 1500 feet the surrounding heights,
while it is less than 500 feet below the summit of Lafayette. The
eye thus embraces at a single glance in the north and northeast, all
the chains of the White Mountain group from Lafayette and M’t
Washington to the highest peaks of the central, southern and east-
ern chains in Sandwich and Conway. Towards the south and east
the whole State of New-Hampshire, with its innumerable scattered
hills and lakes, among which Winnipiseogee is conspicuous, and a
part of Maine, complete the grand, instructive, raised map which
is opened before the beholder.” See Benton and Warren.

Carrigan is located in the Upper Pemigewasset valley, a little
south-east from the Franconia range, and is 4,678 feet in height.

Mount Imp and Mount Moriah are located in Bean’s Purchase
and are situated about four miles south south-east from Gorham
village. Their altitudes are respectively 4,702, and 4,653 feet.

Carter Mountain, also in Bean’s Purchase, hut further south, is
4,830 feet high. The views from their summits are grand, but their