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given ill lull in Llie " Memoir on the Geology of Killainey and Keiimare," 

 now ready for Ihe press. The map (fig. 1) shows the main lines of flow. 

 Cavrantuoliill, The l?eeks, Purple Mountain, aud Maugerton, in spite of their 

 superior altitude, contributed but little to the main ice-sheet. The glacieis 

 which they uourished on their slopes were of diminutive size, and melted 



Lints of IcC'-fUiw . •'. ' /iernnanlsoftJicJ^re-glacuil ufjUaid,. 



iCAll O I i 3 1 S S 7 a S 10 MIUS. 



Fio. 1. — Miipihowitix iliv luiiiii !'•' M"V<;iiii'iii nwi tiie rriiin iiits of llio I'lvglaciiil U]<Ihii<I in lliu 

 Kt-niiiare-Kill.imeY Uistiid. The luuvcniciit in llie iiii-aa ouUidc the iiiTuws hus nut 

 been invretigaled. 



away at an early stage of the retreat. These ranges stood out as nunutaks 

 above the general level of the ice, and, wliere the corries have not eaten loo 

 far into their sides, preserve a good deal of their pre-glacial form and 

 .surface. 



The passes between these higher siiininits were, however, very heavily 

 glaciated, and suHered to a remarkable degree from plucking and scouring. 



