748 GLACIAL FORMATIONS OF ERIE AND OHIO BASINS. 



From the Maumee River east of Defiance the beach which was formed 

 on the east side of Defiance Bay follows nearly the crest of the Defiance 

 moraine for several miles to the north and south of the river, as indicated 

 on the accompanying map, PI. XXIV. It is not so regular and continuous 

 as the beach formed by the lake in that vicinity, but its average strength 

 is aboLit as great. It was favorably situated for receiving the heavy 

 waves raised by winds from the west, and this seems to account for its 

 exceptional strength in that part of its course. It is very regular and con- 

 tinuous for 4 miles north of the river, and differs but little from the lake 

 beach to the east. It shows clearly by its bedding as well as its form that 

 it was built by a body of water standing west of it. It rises about 6 feet 

 above the western base and but 2 or 3 feet above the eastern. Upon 

 entering Adams Township it soon breaks up into disjointed ridges, which 

 are distributed over a space a mile or more in width. It then becomes 

 regular for a few miles, in passing across western Henry County. 



In Hemy County the lake beach turns northeastward, while the beach 

 of the bay continues north. The crest of the Defiance moraine soon rises 

 above the level of the beaches, and they then follow the slopes. • The beach 

 of Defiance Bay crosses Brush Creek south of Archbold and continues 

 northward through the west part of that village, passing just west of the 

 public-school building. It then turns east of north, but becomes ver}' faint 

 within 3 or 4 miles, and finally merges into a sandy plain that lies between 

 the Defiance moraine and Bean Creek Valley within 6 or 8 miles of the 

 Ohio-Michigan line. 



West of Bean Creek a well-defined beach was found that crosses from 

 Fulton into Williams County about 3 miles east of West Unity, and bears 

 southwestward across Brady Township at a distance of 1 to 2 miles west 

 from Bean Creek. It seems to be at about the level of the Belmore beach, 

 but it is so much stronger than the remainder of the beach as to raise a 

 suspicion that it was not produced solely by the waves of Defiance Bay. 

 However, no other agency can as 5^et be suggested. Between this bank 

 and the Maumee beach at West Unity there is a tract of sharply undulating 

 drift, which dies out in a plain. The cut bank also loses strength and becomes 

 verv faint in southwestern Brady Township. 



Upon the disappearance of the cut bank a strip of sandy gravel sets in 

 to inark the continuation of the shore. This in places carries low ridges 

 2 to 4 feet high, but has generally a nearly plane surface. The best defined 



