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An Esker in Tippecanoe County, Ind. 



Wm. a. McBeth. 



An E«ker in Tippecanoe County, Indiana. 



An esker or serpent kame is a seri)entine ridge of sand and gravel evi- 

 dently formed by a stream flowing in a tunnel at the bottom of a glacier 

 or in a canyon through it. 



An interesting example of this feature extends through sections 1, 2, 

 11. and 10, Town 21 north. Range 5 west, in Tippecanoe County, Indiana. 

 Its northeast end is about one-half mile southwest of South Raul), a sta- 

 tion on the C. I. & L. Rv. (Monon Route) nine miles south of Lafayette. 



