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ridge noted crosses the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway 3J 

 miles east of Bryan, or about a mile west of the Springfield and Pulaski 

 township line. This ridge continues from this point southwestward for 

 about 2 miles to the valley of Beaver Creek, 2 miles directly east of Bryan, 

 beyond which it is not so definitely developed. This western shore of 

 Defiance Bay from the latitude of Bryan southward presents only patches 

 of sand and occasional slight traces of wave cutting to show its position. 

 The plain on which it was formed descends so gradually toward the east 

 that there was scarcely sufficient depth of water to afford strong wave action. 



The delta of the Maumee is also ill defined, and apparently was spread 

 out as a thin sandy deposit extending from near Fairport, Ind., eastward 

 about to Cecil, Ohio, a distance by direct line of nearly 20 miles. At Cecil 

 the plain bordering the Maumee stands only about 15 feet below the level 

 of the beach and at Fairport scarcely 10 feet above it. The slope averages, 

 therefore, but little more than 1 foot per mile. 



A peculiarity of drainage east of Fairport also seems to indicate that 

 the delta sets in near that village. Sixmile Creek, a tributary of Auglaize 

 RiA^er, leads away from near the south bluff of Maumee River like a distribu- 

 tary of a delta, and it is found that a sag or shallow channel connects the 

 river with the head of the creek. 



South from Maumee River the first suggestion of the position of the 

 west shore of Defiance Bay was found near Flat Rock Creek, northeast of 

 Payne, Ohio. A low ridge strewn with bowlders appears about 3 miles 

 north of Payne, near the corners of sections 14, 15, 22, and 23, Harrison 

 Township, and leads southeastward through sections 23, 24, and 25 to Flat 

 Rock Creek, near the line of Harrison and Paulding townships, and thence 

 to Worstville station, on the Nickel Plate Railroad. From Worstville it 

 beai's eastward along the south side of the railroad to Briceton, and there 

 takes a course north of east and is traceable as far as section 20, Jackson 

 Township. This ridge has a clay surface, but is known to contain some 

 gravel, there being a pit opened in it about 2 miles northeast of Briceton. 

 Some hesitancy is felt in refeiTing to this as a shore feature, though it occurs 

 at about the level of the Belmore beach and its size is no greater than the 

 usual size of that beach. It looks quite as much like a low glacial ridge, 

 and the large number of bowlders which it carries seems to bear out this 

 interpretation. It stands, therefore, as a rather questionable shore line. 



The level at which the Belmore beach should occur was crossed at 



