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in height. The 

 knoll seen between 

 the house and barn 

 is the outer end of 

 an esker and is 

 composed of fine 

 stratified sand. 

 This ice-tongue 

 cam e fro m the 

 north and ended 

 in a lake in water 

 probably fifty to 

 one hundred feet 

 deep. The depos- 

 its of this moraine 

 are strongly de- 

 veloped for nearly 

 two miles farther 

 north. 



Fig. 3 is south 

 of North Adams. 

 The stony knolls 

 in the immediate 

 foreground are 

 part of a fringe of 

 morainicknolls 

 deposited on the 

 outer edge of the 

 great terrace along 

 the base of Hoosac 

 mountain. These 

 knolls partake 

 somewhat of the 

 character of kames 

 in their composi- 

 tion, but are never- 

 theless ice-border 



