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SURFACE GEOLOGY. 



Heights of River Terraces and Ancient Beaches above the Rivers to which they are contiguous, and above the Ocean (inean 



height), as measured by Edward Hitchcock in 1849, 1850, and 1851. Heights in English feet. 

 S. B. prefixed indicates that the heights were obtained by the Syphon Barometer ; A. B., by the Aneroid Barometer. In all other cases, they 



were measured by the common levelling instrument. The figures inclosed in parentheses refer to the sections where the terraces and 



beaches are represented. 



Lyme, Ct., beach (33) j ! 



On the Shore of the Ocean. 



S. B. 

 A. B. 

 East Lyme beach (ancient) ( S. B. 

 (33) t A. B. 



East Lyme River terrace ( S. B. 

 (highest) (33) ( A. B. 



Flanders (New London) ( S. B. 

 beach (33) ( A. B. 



On Connecticut River. 



Glastenbury, Ct., terraces (7) 

 East Hartford terraces (6) 

 Wethersfield terraces (8) 

 Windsor terraces (9) 

 East Windsor terraces (5) 

 Longvneadow terraces (4) 

 Springfield terraces (3) . 



Springfield Willimansett do. (2) 



(SB 

 South Hadley terraces (1) \ .' -r,' 



Northampton terraces (10) 



Hatfield terraces (10) 



Hadley terraces (10) 



Whately terraces (12) . 



Turner's Falls, Montague terraces 



(18) 



Northfield (south part) terraces (19) 

 Northfield (north part) terraces (20 ) 

 Hinsdale, on south side of Ashuelot 



River, near its mouth (21) 

 Hinsdale, south side of the Ashuelot 



(21) 



Hinsdale, on Connecticut River, be 



yond the village (21) 

 Vernon (22) .... 

 Brattleborough, mouth of Whet 



stone Brook, towards the S. W 



(23) 



Brattleborough, mouth of West 



River, across the village S. W. (24) 

 Brattleborough, on Whetstone 



Brook (24) 

 Westminster (25) . 

 Langdon, mouth of Cold River, south 



side (24) .... 

 Westminster, near Bellows Falls 



opposite Cold River (24) 

 Bellows Falls, above the falls (26) 

 Pelham, ancient beaches f S. B. 



(10) \ A. B. 



Shutesbury, ancient beaches . 



Amherst, near Mount Pleasant, an- 

 cient beach (10) 



Whately, north part, beach -j ," ^ 



{S B 

 A V. 

 Ashfield, N. E. part, beach, A. B. 

 Heath beach (30) 



20 

 15 



19 

 22 

 24 

 21 



40 

 ls-J 

 193 

 57 

 22 

 27 

 32 



18 

 24 

 24 



7 



7 



21 

 21 



567 672 

 1053:1167 



329 437 

 704 809 

 690 795 

 942 1047 

 928 1033 

 976 1031 

 1438 1561 



34 

 122 



921 



1103 

 (?) 



1217 

 (?) 



117 



13S 373 



396 226 461 



