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Cross sections of the western part of this beach are shown in 

 fig. 3, H-J. The compound characteristic of the ridge is appar- 

 ent in section H. The low front-slope condition here indicated 

 continues to characterize the ridge north-eastward as far as 

 Bement ; from Bement to Dover, the ridge is found in its most 

 complex phase; through most of this distance, the outer slope is 

 longer than shown in section J. The ridge top is much broader 

 and for the second half of the distance we find a series of ridges 

 alternating with longitudinal muck basins. 



Fig. 4. Looking eastward along the Whittlesey beach one-half mile east 



of Dover. 



From Dover eastward to Rockport the ridge consists of 

 gravel with a short front-slope rising 20 to 22 feet, and a back- 

 slope dropping not more than 7 feet (fig. 4). The compound 

 form of the ridge observed west of Dover is much less charac- 

 teristic of this portion; nearing Rockport, however, I have noted 

 a few former swamp areas. The shape of the front-slope for 

 several miles here indicates clift'-development, at the western por- 

 tion in shale, and eastward, where the shore line crosses the 

 buried Rocky river channel, in drift. 



Crossing the Rocky river, the course of this beach is indi- 



