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584    RIVERS    IN NEW-HAMPSHIRE.

on the western side of the White Mountains; thence passing west
through the southern portion of Carroll and northern part of Beth-
lehem to Littleton; thence, in a southerly direction, through the
easterly part of Littleton, the westerly part of Lisbon, diagonally
through Bath, and joining the Connecticut near the westerly corner
of Haverhill. A considerable stream coming from Lincoln and
Franconia passes in a north-westerly direction and joins the Am-
monoosuc in Lisbon. Two miles from its mouth, it receives the
Wild Ammonoosuc, coming from the northerly part of Benton
through Landaff. The Lower Ammonoosuc is noted for its roman-
tic falls in the vicinity of the White Mountains. It is said to be
the wildest and most rapid stream in New-Hampshire, having a
fall of over 5,000 feet in its meandering course of about fifty miles.
It drains a surface of over 220,000 acres or 344 square miles of ter-
ritory. Its improved horse water power is about 2,700, with three
times that capacity unimproved.

Androscoggin River is formed principally from the waters of
Umbagog Lake and Magalloway River which unite about two
miles below the lake. The Magalloway, which is its princi-
pal tributary, has its source and principal course in Maine, and
crosses the State line at Wentworth’s Location, thence southerly
through the Location and forms the Androscoggin in Erroll.
The Magalloway receives the water of Dimond River, coming
from the eastern part of Stewartstown, easterly, through Dixville
and Dartmouth College Grant, and joining it across the line
in Maine.

From Errol the Androscoggin flows in a southerly direction
through the north-westerly corner of Cambridge, south-easterly
corner of Dummer, easterly part of Milan and Berlin to the centre
of Gorham, whence it flows in an easterly direction through Shel-
burne into Maine; thence, in a meandering course, easterly and
southerly, about one hundred and twenty miles, where it meets the
tide water at Brunswick.

In its passage in New-IIampshire it receives the waters of Clear
Stream, in Erroll, coming from Dixville and Millsfield; and
Peabody River, iii Gorham, coining through the White Mountain
passes near the head waters of Ellis River. Its whole course, in
this State, is about sixty miles, aud it drains a territory of about

500,000 acres or 787 square miles. The Androscoggin is a rapid
stream, and at Berlin Falls, in New-IIampshire, is 1,055 feet above

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