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4. Do tributaries enter ' at grade '? 



5. Lateral gullies pinnacled, &c., shape and size of slope. 



6. Do tributaries cut out gullies — empty unoccupied 

 cirques, hangers, &c. 



7. Do upland moraines show tesselation? 



8. Arrangement of strata, inclusion of. 



9. Types of moraines, distance of blocks. 



10. Weathering of glaciers. Types of surface. (Thrust 

 mark? Rippled, snow stool, glass house, coral reef, honeycomb, 

 ploughshare, bastions, piecrust.) 



11. Amount of water silt bands, stratified, or irregular 

 folded or broken. 



12. Cross section, of valleys 35° slopes? 



13. Weather slopes debris covered, height to which. 



14. Nunataks, height of rounded, height of any angle in 

 profile, erratics. 



15. Evidence of order in glacier delta. 



Debenham in discussion mentioned usefulness of small chips 

 of rock — many chips from several places are more valuable than 

 itw larger specimens. 



We had an interesting little discussion. 



I must enter a protest against the use made of the word 

 * glaciated ' by Geologists and Physiographers. 



To them a ' glaciated land ' is one which appears to have 

 been shaped by former ice action. 



The meaning I attach to the phrase, and one which I believe 

 is more commonly current, is that it describes a land at present 

 wholly or partly covered with ice and snow. 



I hold the latter is the obvious meaning and the former 

 results from a piracy committed in very recent times. 



The alternative terms descriptive of the different meanings 

 are ice covered and ice eroded. 



To-day I have been helping the Soldier to design pony rugs; 

 the great thing, I think, is to get something which will com- 

 pletely cover the hindquarters. 



Tuesday, June 6. — The temperature has been as high as 

 + 19° to-day; the south wind persisted until the evening with 

 clear sky except for fine effects of torn cloud round about the 

 mountain. To-night the moon has emerged from behind the 



