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many places by swinging in its flood plain, the river has cut into 

 the terraces and left steep bluffs of gravel. The valley of 

 Womenshenuck Brook above Merwinsville contains heavy de- 

 posits of stratified drift, indicating that this broad valley which 

 extends from Kent on the Housatonic to Merwinsville was an 

 important channel for the water which flowed from the melting 

 ice. 



