152 SEA BEACHES. 



In the north-west part of Norwich, at an elevation of 712 feet above Connecticut River at White River 

 Junction. 



Near the Strafford Copperas Works, 172 feet higher than the preceding locality. 



At Thetford Centre. 



Near Williamstown Center there are numerous mounds of water-worn materials, referable, most proba- 

 bly to these phenomena. The whole country in this vicinity bears the marks of water action. The barrier 

 of Lime Pond is part of a moraine terrace. All these are near the summit along the route of the Rutland 

 and Burlington railroad, near Cuttingsville, and in the towns of Mt. Holly, Wallingford, Shrewsbury and 

 Clarendon. They are very large in this region. 



. At Rutland, east of the village ; and between Rutland and Rutland Center, running north. Also upon 

 the south side of Otter Creek at Rutland Center. At the cut through at the Taconic range in the north part 

 of Ira, the passage way of Castleton River, and of the Rutland and Washington railroad. At Ripton, east of 

 the village they are very numerous and extend up the Green Mts. to an old sea beach near the top of the 

 mountain. They are 1070 feet above the ocean. 



In the south part of Leicester, and extending south, into Brandon. At Johnson, south-east of the 

 village ; represented on Plate V, Fig. 5. Upon the height of land between La Moille River and Black 

 River, on the boundary line between Hard wick and Craftsbury, 803 feet above the ocean, on the route of an 

 old course of La Moille River to Memphremagog Lake, along the present valley of Black River. On the 

 line between Wheelock and Greensboro, these deposits are quite large. At Hydepark, in that great valley 

 east of the Green Mountain Range, are the "dry bowls," which are probably moraine terraces. 



In a Report to Prof. Adams in 1846, Mr. Hall says of these phenomena : " In the easterly part of Hyde- 

 park, the drift is very common, and many basins were found, some 50 to 70 feet deep; in which water 

 never accumulates, so as to prevent the growth of timber in the bottom, or so as to form swamps or wet 

 land. These basins are of all shapes and sizes." 



Also at the south end of Willoughby Lake in Westmore. There may be a barrier to prevent the waters 

 in this lake from flowing to the south, like the former barrier of Long Pond in Glover, on the road to 

 Memphremagog from South Troy, about five miles from South Troy. 



We add the following, discovered since writing the above. In the west part of Jamaica. West of the 

 village of Bondville, in the east part of Winhall. Through the greater part of the town of Plymouth, upon 

 Black River. 



Near the bend of Otta Quechee River in Sherburne there are curious accumulations of moraine terraces, 

 which have been noticed in the description of the terraces upon Otta Quechee River. 



In Poultney upon an old river bed, three miles north of the village. 



At Underbill Flat the moraine terraces are abundant, and beautifully rounded, upon both sides of Brown's 

 River. 



Between East Hardwick and South Hardwick. 



V. ANCIENT SEA BEACHES. 



We have already mentioned many of these banks of sand and gravel when treating of the terraces. We 

 propose now to give a full list of such beds of water-worn materials as we are inclined to refer to oceanic 

 shore action for their origin. 



At Marlboro, in the east part of the town. This is upon the valley of Whetstone Brook, near its source. 

 The amount of water-worn materials was not large, and it is not so well marked a case as we should desire. 

 It is 1113 feet above Connecticut River, and 1327 feet above the ocean. 



In Rockingham, between Saxton's River Village and Cambridgeport, upon the north side of the river, 

 there is some resemblance to a beach upon the hills above the terraces. We were unable to examine it 

 carefully. 



In Rockingham Center, on Williams' River, there is a very distinct beach at the village upon the south 

 side of the river, it appears in the form of large rounded hills, which continue westward in the form of a 



