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rocks uncovered. In ' w Sleepy Hollow " the road runs nearly 

 east and west. Occasionally local drift lies on its steep northern 

 side ; and on the smoothed surfaces of rock I observed a few 

 striatums from N. to S., and others from E. to W. The former 

 ran up and down the hill towards the brook ; and the latter 

 were on the vertical faces of the little cliffs, up and down the 

 valley. 



Passing the bend where the road crosses the brook, striations 

 became frequent; and 1 was surprised to find that all of them 

 ran nearly N. and S. along the flanks of the escarpment, and not 

 from W. to E. down the slope of the hill. For a time I thought 

 that as I ascended higher they would cease altogether; but, so 

 far from this being the case, I was alike phased and astonished 



Fig. 3. — Sketch-map of a portion of the Cot skill Mountains, show- 

 ing the Directions of the strios near Mountain House. 



