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HILL AT THE RAPID. 197 



very probably, judging from the scarcity of fossils, 

 of tlie protozoic epoch. 



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Hill at the Rapid on Bear Lake River. 



The Hill at the Kapid, twenty-four miles higher 

 up Bear Lake River, is very similar to the one just 

 noticed, and its beds have the same anticlinal ar- 

 rangement. It is, as has been already stated, a 

 member of the same spur with Clark's Hill, and from 

 its summit the ridge may be seen extending through 

 a comparatively level country towards the west end 

 of Smith's Bay in Great Bear Lake. The floor of 

 the valley lying between it and the spur at the 

 mouth of the river is well wooded, but is much 

 intersected by lakes, marshes, and considerable 

 streams, some of which fall into the Mackenzie , 

 and others into Bear Lake River. Immediately to 



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