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which appeared to him to indicate signs of former glaciation on a 

 most enormous scale. 



A transverse valley from the south joins the Sind valley at the 

 plain of Sonamurg, and contains glaciers on its west side. These, 

 the author stated, filled the valley at no remote period, and extended 

 across the main Sind valley, where horse-shoe-shaped moraines, many 

 hundred feet high, occurred, and dammed the river, forming a lake 

 of which the Sonamurg plain was the result. The mountains which 

 originated the above glaciers were described as being cut through 

 by the Sind river, and the rocks of the gorge were observed to be 

 striated, whilst rocks with a moutonnee appearance extended to a 

 height of about 2000 feet. 



The whole of the Sind valley was stated to be characterized by a 

 succession of moraines through which the river had cut gorges, whilst 

 the hill-sides were seen to be comparatively rounded to heights of 

 2000 feet or more. 



The author had also formed the opinion that at Baramulla the 

 barrier of a former lake occupying the Kashmir valley was partly 

 morainic, before reading Prof. Leith Adams's view of the glacial 

 origin of some of the gravels of this point. 



The whole valley of the Jhelam from this point to Mozufferabad 

 showed extensive glacial deposits, which had been modified by 

 denudation and by the superposition of detrital fans, widely different 

 in character from the glacial deposits. Below Rampoor the valley 

 was thickly strewn with enormous granite blocks resting upon 

 gneiss, and the author believed that they had been transported 

 by ice. 



In conclusion, it was noted that the existing torrential stream had 

 further excavated the valley since Glacial times and, in places, to a 

 considerable depth. 



OBITUAEY- 



JOHN BALL, F.R.S. , F.L.S., M.R.I. A., &c. 

 Born 20th August, 1818; Died 21st October, 1889. 



The sudden death of Mr. John Ball has removed from amongst 

 us a man whose name will be remembered with veneration so long 

 as Alpine geology and botany and mountaineering pursuits retain 

 any of their present interest. As the eldest son of a distinguished 

 lawyer — the Rt. Hon. Nicholas Ball, Attorney-General for Ireland, 

 and subsequently Judge of the Court of Common Pleas — Mr. Ball 

 was naturally destined for the legal profession, and after a brilliant 

 career at Cambridge, he was called to the Irish bar in 184.3. He 

 however soon turned his attention from law to politics, and served 

 for some years as Assistant Poor Law Commissioner for Ireland, a 

 post which he resigned on his election in 1852 as Member for 

 Carlow. His Parliamentary career, though brief, was distinguished. 

 The statesmanlike foresight that led him then to advocate the 

 principle of tenants' compensation for distui'bance, and the courage 



