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Weymouth and Rockland, the various parts being known 

 locally as Huckleberry Plain, Mosquito Plain, Farm Hills, 

 Smooth Hills, etc. 



Some of the finest and most extensive eskers in Hingham 

 arc connected with Liberty and Accord Plains. On the east 

 side of Accord Pond, in the vicinity of Pond Street in Norwell, 

 Accord Plain has a very perfect development with a height of 

 about IGO feet ; and branching off from it is a typical esker 

 which runs north and northwest to the outlet of the pond, 

 where it is interrupted by an erosion-gap which has been 

 widened by artificial excavation. West of the stream (Beech- 

 wood River) it follows a somewhat serpentine course towards 

 and across Whiting Street, being traceable nearly 500 feet 

 beyond the street. Accord Pond is due to the obstruction of 

 the valley of Beechwood River by the plain and especially by 

 this esker. What is virtually a somewhat detached branch of 

 this esker runs north from Whiting Street east of the river. 

 Continuino; in a o-eneral north-northwest direction from these 

 eskers for nearly half a mile to and across Gardner Street, we 

 reach the southern end of the remarkable esker which extends 

 thence for nearly a mile in the same direction to and across 

 Gushing Street, showing a general agreement in height with 

 Liberty Plain. It is throughout a prominent and sharply 

 defined ridge of gravel; and can be traced about 1,100 feet 

 west of Cushino^ Street. About 200 feet south of this esker 

 Cushinof Street cuts through a second and similar esker which 

 has in its western half a curving course convex to the south, 

 joins the first esker 600 feet east of the street, and then 

 branches off and runs approximately parallel with it, as a high 

 sharp ridge (Mullein Hill), nearly halfway to Gardner Street. 



Although the eskers of Gushing Street, which are known 

 together as the High Hills, are such prominent and important 

 features in the surface geology of Hingham, they are not more 

 typical or beautiful than those next to be described. These 

 are on the west side of the valley which is the direct continua- 



