716 GLACIAL FORMATIONS OF ERIE AND OHIO BASINS. 



single strong ridge from that point northeastward about to St. Peter's Church, 

 2 miles north of New Haven. It there assumes a complicated form, with 

 three ridges more or less definite and of about the same height. The middle 

 ridge is on the whole stronger than the outer and inner. These continue 

 nearly 2 miles, to the western edge of Milan Township. The second beach 

 is present much of the way to Milan Township, and stands about 15 feet 

 lower than the first or upper beach. It is much weaker than the upper 

 beach, probably because of the shallow depth of the lake in front of it. 



From western Milan Township to Maysville, a distance of 7 miles, the 

 upper beach is rather fragmentary or disconnected, and stands only 5 to 10 

 feet above the lake plain on its inner border. A common feature in this 

 part of the shore is an overlap of ridges at the point of entry of streams into 

 the old lake, a bar having been extended southward on the east or lakeward 

 side of nearly every stream from the point where it entered the lake. These 

 streams enter at intervals of about a half mile, and the bars extend south so 

 far as to cause much of the shore to be lined with them. 



At Maysville (Harlan post-office) a strong beach sets in, 150 to 200 

 yards wide and 10 or 12 feet high. It is bordered on the inner slope by a 

 weak ridge or off"shore bar, standing about 10 feet below its crest and 8 or 

 10 feet above the plain to the southeast. There are also some marks of 

 wave action and a weak shore line to be seen on the tract immediately 

 outside this strong beach, but this soon becomes merged with the main ridge 

 upon passing east. The beach is well developed, largely as a gravel ridge, 

 from Maysville to the State line, a distance of 8 miles, and the offshore bar is 

 found to accompany it, for short distances, at frequent intervals. The beach 

 is ordinarily 50 to 75 yards wide, and stands several feet above the lake 

 plain on its inner border. It shows some overlapping at streams, but not 

 to so marked a degree as in the district southwest of Maysville. 



From near the State line of Indiana and Ohio to Hicksville, Ohio, a 

 distance of 2 miles, there is scarcely a trace of the shore, as the water 

 was probably too shallow for wave action; but immediately back of 

 Hicksville a cut bank appears, which is distinctly developed for several 

 miles. In the village of Hicksville the second beach is well defined, but 

 is not so marked a feature as the cut baidi of the upper shore line. 



To one passing northeast from Hicksville along the Hicksville and 

 Bryan pike the upper beach is in plain view, though at a distance of 



