Continental Monthly The , page 109 by Various Authors
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And when he drew the beams And laid them on the plain, One said,'He has no balance, He surely is insane.'
And when he raised the frame, One clear, sunshiny day, 'Poor fool of one idea,' A smiling man did say.
When he foretold the flood, And stood repentance teaching, They sneered, 'You radical, We'll hear no ultra preaching!'
And when he drove the beasts and birds Into the ark one morn, They shouted, 'Odd enthusiast!' And laughed with ringing scorn.
When he and all his house went in, They gazed, and said, 'Erratic!' 'A pleasant voyage to you, Noah! You canting, queer fanatic!'
SKETCHES OF AMERICAN LIFE AND SCENERY.
V.--THE ADIRONDACS.
This interesting mountain region embraces the triangular plateau lying between Lake Champlain and the St. Lawrence, Lake Ontario and the Mohawk. The name was formerly restricted to the central group containing the highest peaks, but is now applied to the various ranges traversing the northeastern counties of the State of New York. The loftiest points are found in the County of Essex and the neighboring corners of Franklin; but the surfaces of Clinton, St. Lawrence, Herkimer, Hamilton, Warren, and Washington are all diversified by the various branches of the same mountain system. The principal ranges have a general northeasterly and southwesterly direction, and are about six in number. They run nearly parallel with one another, and with the watercourses flowing into Lake Champlain, namely, Lake George and Putnam's Creek, the Boquet, Au Sable, and Saranac Rivers. Recent surveys made by, or under the direction of, Professor A. Guyot, will doubtless furnish us with more accurate information regarding ranges and measurements of heights than any we can now refer to. So far as we have been able to learn from the best authorities within our reach,[2] the situation and names of the most prominent ranges are as follows: The most southerly is that known as the Palmertown or Luzerne Mountains, and emb