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the valley was flanked by rounded moraines, clothed with 

 pines and firs, and no better marked than those in the 

 valley of the Saco about Conway. Their presence was 

 revealed by the clearing away of the forests in the same 

 manner as in the White Mountains and the Adirondacks. 

 In one important feature, the marks were less apparent, 

 as one does not see in the Alps the broad trains of boulders 

 so common in the White Mountains, as they have been 

 cleared away after centuries of occupation of the country. 

 It was more difficult to detect striated and rounded rocks 

 in the Alpine valleys than he had imagined from the 

 accounts of Alpine geologists. 



He should, however, make an exception to the valley 

 of Hasli, in which the striae on the sides of the moun- 

 tains are wonderfully distinct. 



In Norway also the grooves and striae may be often seen 

 in protected places, but are scarcely more apparent than 

 about Salem, for example. 



He also compared the ice marks and moraines in Wales 

 with those of this country, and alluded to the identical 

 appearance of the marine glacial beds of Sweden with 

 those of northern New England. He thought that the 

 student of this subject need not go outside of the limits 

 of New England for excellent examples of the work done 

 by ancient glaciers. 



A general conversation followed on the subjects sug- 

 gested by the remarks of Dr. Packard, participated in by 

 Messrs. F. W. Putnam, A. C. Goodell, Jr., E. S. Atwood, 

 A. H. Johnson and others ; also on the inscriptions on 

 stones, which have been supposed to be Runic, but are 

 probably Indian ; and on the visit of the Northmen, 

 which seems to be historically believed, but of which no 

 relics have been found. 



