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retreat. Whereas the glaciers to the west and southwest of 

 Cook's Inlet are small and, though retreating, they were never 

 much larger than at present {Spurr, Mendenliall, Eldridge) . 



Professor I. C. Russell has published an account of the 

 former and present glaciation in northern Washington. 1 A 

 synopsis of the existing glaciers in this region was given in an 

 earlier report of this series. 2 



Harry Fielding Reid. 

 Geological Laboratory, 

 Johns Hopkins University, 

 March 15, 1901. 



1 1. C. Russell : A Preliminary Paper on the Geology of the Cascade Mountains 

 in Northern Washington. Twentieth Ann. Rept. U. S. Geol. Surv., Part II. 



2 This Journal, Vol. IV, pp. 222-224. 



