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toen 5f?örb i\a^ (Eiib fei, ti)at)renb fie tDeftlic^ 

 ton ben 5I(IegI?anieö eine ii^rbcftlid^e, bagec^en 

 c\tüä) 'con i^ncn eine nerbiüefttic^e Üiic^tnng 

 ^abenj^- 



4. bag bie SlBIeitnng beö 2:ran6porteö ber Se(^^ 

 btecfe, be§ Sd^feifcnS, ^nrc^eng unb 9?i^en§ ber 

 f^elfen toon frül)er i^or^anbenen ©(etfc^ern, in 

 53e^ng auf i^x bortigeö S3orlommen nid}t ^u^ 

 (äfficj fei;^- 



5. bag and; jene ^Inna^me, lü-ona^ bie ganje 9Zorb=^ 

 ]^emifp:^äre ber ^rbe früher einmat mit einer ge* 

 tüaltigen ©illiüde itm!(eibet gemefen fein foll, 

 tüenigftenö in ■53e3iig auf ben S^ran^port ber 

 norbamerifauifd;en (Defc^iebe nid^t länger aufredet 

 p er|>a(ten fei. *• 



1. It is proved tliat hefe, as well as in Europe, their main 

 direction lias been from north to soüth — < beifi'g, hovvever, some- 

 times deflected eitber to the east or to the west. These deflec- 

 tions are, no doubt, dependent upon the leading physical features 

 of the country. Rep. P. I. p. 215. 



As to the difeetion of the Striae in this district, it will be 

 Seen that, with the exception of a few local deviations, they are 

 northeast and soHthwest — a direction whieh also prevails along 

 the western shore of Michigan, and in portions of the western 

 States, This direction forms a striking contrast with that, which 

 prevails throughout New England. There, they bear northwest 

 and southeast. We shall hereafter attempt to explain this Sin- 

 gular Opposition in the Striae of the two regions east and west 

 of the Alleghanies, and show their relation in determining the 

 leading features of the continent. Eep. P« I. p. 194. 



2. It is, therefore, difficult to conceit^e how they (glaciers) 

 Gould exist and move in a wide and levet country, like the nor- 

 thern parts of the United States and Canada. Rep. P. I. p. 215. 



3. A careful examination of the position of the boulders, 

 which I have found, both in this country and northern Europe 



