abundantly as do the blocks in 
interpreted as a gravelly, kame- 
re large volumes of outwash ac- 
ows that stood between the re- 
till moraine. on the east. The 
indicate that the ice stood near- 
vy may have-slid or rolled off the 
melsi f r or v2 ay been rafted out over the water, 
: fice that broke off. periodically. 
cown with debris probably lay beneath 
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these small lakes. ncen these masses-melted, the surface became an 
ares of tle-holes ant. irresular hills of-outwash. As this area 
is essentially like the rest of the moraine topographically and was 
formed at e@lmost the sane tine, this and similar zones. should be in- 
‘cluéed in the Buzzards =sy moraine. THerefore, the western: boundary 
of such parts of the moraize was-placed at points where the .concen- 
travion of boulders notably and the landscape is more 
reculare. - 
Excepting the blocks and boulders, the materials 
composing the Buzz moraire are almost completely concealed 
by 2a derse- srowth Shruscery, and trees. Exposures in road- 
cuts:are comnon,horere ially where a network of new roads has 
been built throuch y Reservation of the Massachusetts Na- 
tiozal Guard easy fhe moraine in this vicinity- is also 
marked with shallow Douiders were blasted to secure rock 
frasnenss for local 2cciorn progects. ‘Cliffs cut into the till 
alonz the east shore rcs Say in the vicinity of -Woods Hole 
provide additioral vies. to examine the nature of the. mate- 
rials in the southwe Os tre moraine, 
Most of the morsainx ; urse, made of till. Its thickmess 
varies considerably piac = piace. Many of the depressions on 
the rough surface are probably irrecular hollows where the thiclmess 
of giaciel debris is less than that composing the surrounding ‘hills. 
In some roadcuts a lt-fcot thicamess of till -is exposed. At some 
places along the shore, cliffs 30 feet high ‘have been cut entirely 
in till, anc the beaches in front of them are littered with angular 
blocks ef rock derived from the cliffs. In fact, any boulder-strewn 
beach such as that irom Hnlin Point southward to Woods Hole gener- 
ally indicates that the reishboring cliffs are made of till. 
Sandy Nature of the Till 
The abundance of vine trees on the moraine would lead one to 
suspect that the underlying material is rather sandy, and this de- 
duction:is confirred b; arses Of exposures. In fact, the till 
contains more sand.or siit and less clay and rock flour than is com- 
monly -ypresens in tiil.e: : 
New England over which the 
did not yield such large 
he limestones and shales of 
