Flora of Willoughby, Vermont (Classic Reprint)

Book excerpt: Excerpt from Flora of Willoughby, Vermont The notch lies in the southern corner of Orleans county and about at an equal distance, say 25 miles, from the Canada line on the north and the town of St. Johnsbury on the south: approximately, the lati tude is 44 43'north, and the longitude is 72 2' west from Green wich. The two mountains and the ridge at the south end of the lake divide the St. Lawrence waters from the Connecticut River tributaries; on the east and south sides of Mt. Willoughby, Mt. Hor and this ridge the streams unite for the Passumpsic river, and flow into the Connecticut; on the west and north sides the waters unite in Barton river, flowing to Lake Memphremagog and the St. Lawrence valley. The hotel and post othee are on this ridge at the south end of the lake, three miles from the nearest house to the north, through the notch, and a mile from the next farm south. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.