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are diversified by knolls. In southeastern Adams County, where the 

 moraine enters Indiana, it consists of a ridge 30 or 40 feet in height with 

 gentle swells and shallow basins on its crest and slopes, a subdued but 

 characteristic morainic topography. No change is observed for about 4 

 miles west of the State line. Here a break occurs through which Indian 

 Creek passes. West of this creek, in the southeast part of T. 25, R. 

 14 E., there is no definite ridge, and the swells rise but 10 to 16 feet 

 above the Wabash bluffs. North of this point, along the line of sections 

 14 and 23 of this township is found the eastei'u end of a ridge which passes 

 2 miles or more WNW. to a small creek in section 16. This ridge has, in 

 sections 14 and 23, a relief of 20 feet or more above the plains, both north 

 and south of it, and is scarcely one-half mile in width. At the Wabash 

 River, in section 16, it stands about 40 feet above the stream. In the 

 northwestern part of this township there are several ridges one-half mile or 

 more in length, each trending ESE. to WNW. They rise 15 to 20 feet 

 above bordering low groimd. They are most conspicuous in sections 5 and 

 8, but occur in sections 6 and 7. Northeast of these ridges are low swells 

 and shallow basins extending beyond the village of Berne. 



About 2 miles from the county line in sec: 22, T. 21, R. 13 E., the 

 moraine again assumes a ridge-like form, rising abruptly 10 to 20 feet above 

 the plain on the south, aird carrying on its crest swells and sags with 

 oscillations of 10 feet or more. Near the Adams and Wells county line it 

 assumes much greater strength, there being knolls 30 to 40 feet in height 

 that inclose basins and winding sloughs. The highest points stand probably 

 60 feet above the level of the Wabash bluff, which is less than a mile 

 distant to the south. The knobs and basins are confined to a small tract 

 scarcely a square mile in extent. Northwest of this, in Wells County, tlie 

 moraine is in the form of a nearly smooth ridge, whose crest stands 40 

 to 50 feet above the Wabasli bluff, and whose width, including slopes, is a 

 mile or more. A break tlu'ough which a creek passes occurs about 2 miles 

 northeast of BlufFton. From this creek northwestward for 10 miles or more 

 there is a series of swells and sags along a poorly defined ridge, the swells 

 rising 10 to 15 feet, and occasionally 20 to 25 feet above the bordering 

 sags. In T. 28, R. 11 E., a well-defined ridge or series of ridges appears, 

 the most prominent of which passes through sections 13, 14, 15, 10, and 9. 

 This ridge stands 30 feet or more above the plain on the south. It has 



