THE UPPER OR HERMAN BEACHES. 287 



Beach ridge 1 mile farther uorth, 1,094 feet; three-fourths of a mile 

 north of the last and close south of a ravine, 1,099 feet. Beach about 3 

 miles north from Lawndale water tank, probably in the south part of section 

 IG, Prairie View, not I'idged, but a belt 25 rods wide, of g-ravel and sand, 

 on a slope of till that rises eastward, .1,080 to 1,102 feet. Beach, a ridge of 

 gravel and sand, a third of a mile north from the last, 1,105 feet. The 

 beach in section 9 of this township is spread more broadly than usual, its 

 higher parts being 1,095 to 1,107 feet. Here the beach deposits are crossed 

 obliquely by several broad depressions 10 to 15 feet deep, running south- 

 southwest. The depression east of all these banks of gravel and sand is 

 about 1,090 feet above the sea. 



Entering- Clay County, the elevation of this upper or Herman beach 

 afrthe east side of section 33, Humboldt, is 1,100 feet above the sea. The 

 land thence for two-thirds of a mile east is low and smooth, not higher than 

 the beach. Beyond this the next third of a mile northeastward, in the 

 north part of section 34, is very rocky, with many bowlders up to 6 and 

 rai'ely 10 feet in diameter, the contour being moderately rolling 10 to 30 

 or 40 feet above the beach. Farther eastward here and through the next 

 15 miles north to the Noi-thern Pacific Railroad, the moderately rolling or 

 smoothly hilly till rises 100 to 250 feet above this beach within the distance 

 of about 10 miles between it and the east line of the county. 



Elevation of the crest of the beach ridge in the east half of section 28, 

 Humboldt, one-fourth to tlu-ee-fourths of a mile south of Willow River, 

 1,098 to 1,100 feet. In the 3 miles westward to Bamesville the area that 

 was covered by Lake Agassiz shows here and there bowlders projecting 1 

 to 2 feet above the surface, which is till, slightly smoothed by the lake. 



Great Northern Railway track at Bamesville, 1,020 feet. 



The beach for three-fourths of a mile north from Willow River consists 

 of a belt of gravel and sand, lying on an eastwardly ascending slope of till. 

 Through the next 1^ miles northward, in the northwest quarter of section 

 22 and in section 15, Humboldt, the shore of Lake Agassiz is not marked 

 by the usual beach of gravel and sand, but instead becomes a belt of 

 marshy and springy land 20 to 50 rods wide, rising by a gentle slope east- 

 ward, rough with many hummocks and hollows, in some portions forming 

 a quaking bog, in which horses and oxen attempting to cross are mired. 



