BEACHES OF LAKE MAUMEE. 729 



Between Delphos and the Aug-laize River there are only faint devel- 

 opments of the two ridg-es, but immediately ea»iit of Auglaize River both 

 ridges become strong. The southern or outer ridge comes to the river at 

 the crossing of the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad, and takes 

 a northeastward course from there to Gromer. It is a low sandy ridge 5 or 

 6 feet in height and about 100 yards in width. Parallel with it on the 

 north and about a mile distant is the second ridge, which is followed by the 

 Bucyrus and Delphos road. It appears by aneroid measurement to be 

 about 10 feet lower than the outer ridge, and it has about the same strength. 

 From Gomer to Columbus Grove the two ridges are well defined, though 

 the southern is not so continuous as the northern. The northern or inner 

 ridge leads through the business part of Columbus Grove and the outer one 

 near the southern limits of the village. The southern ridge is poorly defined 

 for 3 miles east of Columbus Grove, biit then reappears in considerable 

 strength and continues strong for about 2 miles to Riley Creek, coming 

 to the creek 3 miles south of Pandora. The ridge was not found farther 

 east, and the lake shore probabl}" returns northward to the northern ridge 

 at Pandora. The northern ridge leads directlj^ to Pandora from Columbus 

 Grove along the line of the Bucyrus and Delphos wagon road. 



Between Pandora and Findlay the beach is very strong as far as 

 Benton Ridge, there being usually a bank 10 to 20 feet high, capped by 

 gravel several feet in depth. From near Benton Ridge to Findlaj^ the bank 

 is but 6 to 10 feet high and the deposits are rather sandy. This part of 

 the beach borders a narrow bay south of the Defiance moraine, and in view 

 of its situation is remarkably strong. 



North from Findlay the Defiance moraine rises nearly 50 feet above 

 the level of Lake Maumee, but within about 10 miles west it drops nearly 

 to the highest lake level and continues near tliat level for about 10 miles 

 farther. It is there crossed by a beaeli which stands at the level of the 

 second beach, 760 or 765 feet above tide. The upper beach, which is 

 about 15 feet higher, is apparently represented chiefly b}' sand}' accumula- 

 tions of irregular form, which follow the crest of the moraine eastward to 

 the point where it rises above lake level and then pass eastward to Findlay 

 along the south face of the moraine. 



The second beach is strongly developed along the south face from 

 near Gilboa northwestward to the place where it crosses the crest 2i miles 

 northwest of Leipsic. It contains a large amount of gravel and has been 



