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The rivers, if they may be so called, in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Baltimore, run mostly in a direction from 

 north to south, with some unimportant deviations. In 

 almost every instance where the rolled pebbles abound, 

 they are in much the greatest quantities on the west, 

 or south west side of the river or creek. 



Another circumstance of a singular nature, and wor- 

 thy of particular attention is, that wherever an auxilia- 

 ry stream falls into the river or creek, on the east side, 

 and meanders through *a valley for a considerable dis- 

 tance above, and in a north east direction, (for the small 

 streams fall into the principal ones at an angle of about 

 forty-five degrees.) we observe, on the opposite or west 

 side, and in a south west direction from the mouth 

 of the valley and brook, a considerable elevation of 

 ground or hills, and composed, almost entirely, of roll- 

 ed pebbles and sand ; while on the east side there are 

 but few, in comparison, and sometimes none ; if there 

 are any, they are much the most abundant on the mar- 

 gin, or bank of the valley on the south side. 



There are even valleys on the east side of Jones's 

 Falls, running for some distance up into the country 

 in a north east direction, and in which no water flows 

 of any consequence, except after a great rain ; and in 

 the hills on the south side of the valley, there is an 

 abundance of pebbles ; at the same time, but very few 

 are to be found in the hills on the north side of the 

 valley. All of which circumstances tend to point out, 



