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was at first turned south by it, as shown by an ancient river-bed (p. 37)- 

 There is a shght bend in the kame at this point, but it continues with 

 very nearly the same course eleven and a half miles farther to the south 

 line of Lebanon, where it bends with the valley. It has no long gaps in 

 the first half of this distance above White River falls. The Connecticut 

 has formed for itself a more irregular course than this of the old glacial 

 river, first flowing with the kame at a considerable but varying distance 

 on its west side ; then, about two miles south of Pompanoosuc river, it 

 cuts through this ridge, which thence through Hanover and Lebanon 

 forms its high east bank to these falls. Gaps have been made in Han- 

 over at the Vale of Tempe, at Webster's vale, at the road to the bridge, 

 and by Mink brook. The second and third places are outlets of long 

 gullies, which now have no running streams. 



At White River falls one mile of the kame has been removed by the 

 river, giving coarse materials for terraces below (p. 40). It appears next 

 in Hartford, where it is cut through by White river, south of which a 

 good section of it is shown only a stone's throw from the Junction depot. 

 Next, about a mile and a half has been swept away by the Connecticut, 

 across the area now occupied by the low terrace at the mouth of Mas- 

 corny river. A remnant is found in the south part of Lebanon, but it is 

 soon crossed again by the river, and then continues a mile on the west 

 side from the north line of Hartland to the mouth of the Quechee river. 

 From this point, for two miles to Sumner's falls, it has been washed away 

 by the Connecticut, which probably occupies nearly the former place of 

 the kame. Thence it forms a high ridge close upon the west side of the 

 river for nearly three miles to the mouth of Lull's brook. Next a rem- 

 nant appears on the east side, at the line between Plainfield and Cornish, 

 south of which it is cut through by the Connecticut for the seventh and 

 last time. A section of it is exposed here on the south-west side of the 

 river and railroad, where the largest pebbles seen were a foot in diame- 

 ter. Thence it is well shown for a third of a mile south, reaching some- 

 what above the highest terrace, but with a natural gap 40 feet below its 

 general level where it is crossed by the road. It terminates a short dis- 

 tance farther south-west, resting upon the side of a ledgy hill, about one 

 mile north-west from Windsor village. The portion south of the road 

 has a few boulders on its surface, which takes the form of a terrace. 



