LAKES IN NEW-HAMPSHIRE.    581

studded with a succession of romantic islands. Its outlet is Squam
River which discharges into the Pemigewasset River, in Ashland.

Sunapee Lake is situated nearly on the height of land between
^    the Connecticut aud Merrimack rivers, and is elevated about 1,000*

feet above tide water. It borders on the eastern part of Sullivan,
and western part of Merrimack Counties, and is in the towns of
New London, Newbury aud Sunapee. It is about ten miles in
length and from one half to one and one half miles in width and is
noted for the fine, picturesque scenery which surrounds it. Sugar
River is its outlet, which flows westerly into the Connecticut, at
!    Claremont.

!    Umbagog Lake, but little inferior in size to Lake Winnipiseogee,

is situated mostly in Maine, and extends along the eastern part
i    of Erroll and Cambridge, in New-Hampshire. It is irregularly

^    shaped, is about eighteen miles long and, in some parts, ten wide.

The scenery around this lake is wild and romantic, and it is a great
resort for hunting and fishing, for lovers of those sports. Its outlet
is on the west side, in Erroll, its waters flowing west, about two
miles, where it joins the Magalloway, after which it is called the
Androscoggin River.

Winnipiseogee Lake. This Lake possesses singular charms.
However romantic and beautiful Lake George, the charmer of all
travellers, appears, in its elevation, the purity of its waters, its
depth, its rapid outlet, the 365 islands which bespangle its bosom,
its mountain scenery, its fish, its mineralogy ; still, in all but its
historic fame, it has a rival at the east, in the Winnipiseogee of
New-Hampshire.

There are various ways of spelling the name of this lake, but
the present mode of spelling it is Winnipiseogee, pronounced Wini-
pisoky or Winnepesoeke. This Lake is in the counties of Belknap
and Carroll. Its form is very irregular. At the west end it is di-
vided into three large bays ; on the north isuriourth, and at the
east end there are three others. Its general course is from north-
west to south east; its length is about twenty-five miles and it va-
ries in width from one to ten miles. This lake is environed by the
I    pleasant    towns of Moultouborough, Tuftonborough, Wolfeborough,

Center Harbor, Meredith, Gilford and Alton, and overlooked by
other delightful towns.

!    The    Avaters are remarkably pure, and its depth, in some places, is

said to be unfathomable. Its sources are principally from