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g2S?t. f ey arG r l ° Unded ' and even water wo ™> for it sometimes 



TablTcaso ^ enS that stones are partially abraded in brooks in the 



in Recess 41. higher mountain regions, and afterwards carried to the 



surface or the sides of glaciers, and so by degrees find their 



way to the terminal moraines. 



30 to 33.— Partly rounded and subangular granite 



stones, in motion on the lower glacier of the Aar. 



34 -— Pakt of a pebble of limestone, taken from under 

 the glacier of Rosenlaui. 



35.— Pebble of scratched limestone, from the terminal 



moraine, touching the lower glacier of Grindelwald. 



36. — Polished and scratched pebble of black lime- 



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37 to 



39. 



— Erratic pebbles transported by ice. 



37 and 38.— Pebbles of scratched black limestone 



i, hill of Chardonne (Torat) near Vevev, Lake of 



Geneva. 



39— Pebbles from the wells at Dornach, stated to be 

 from an ancient moraine. 



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40.— Rounded, well loaterworn pebbles from the Mine, 

 -contrasting with the subangular pebbles from glaciers. 



9/ eke Vosges, 8c 



of ancient glaciers in the mountains 

 These glaciers were of the same age 



as those of the British Islands, viz., of newer Pliocene 



date. 



50.— Slaty rock, polished and striated, in place, in the 

 valley of Asto, about two miles from the plain of Asto, 

 Pyrenees, France. 



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