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Conclusion 



The above account by no means includes all the interesting features 

 of the physiography of the region. A whole bulletin might well be 

 devoted to tracing the preglacial, glacial and postglacial drainage his- 

 tory of the area. iBut this paper will have served its purpose if it 

 has brought to the reader a realization of the extraordinary variety 

 of glacial phenomena the section exhibits, all of typical and even 

 magnificent development, and within very narrow areal confines. 

 With the one notable exception of eskers, every significant develop- 

 ment due both to the erosional and depositional work of the con- 

 tinental glaciers is here visible, and not only that, but also among 

 surroundings of the greatest scenic attractiveness and in situations 

 immediately accessible from the State's improved highways. It is 

 hoped that the publication of this paper will help to make the area 

 deservedly well known to increasing numbers of those who wish to 

 understand as they go. 



