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  HIND 
  GLACIAL 
  DRIFT. 
  

  

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  The 
  descriptions 
  which 
  have 
  recently 
  been 
  published* 
  of 
  different 
  

   parts 
  of 
  the 
  Labrador 
  Peninsula 
  not 
  visited 
  by 
  me, 
  favour 
  the 
  sup- 
  

   position 
  that 
  the 
  origin 
  of 
  the 
  surface-features 
  of 
  the 
  areas 
  described 
  

   may 
  be 
  due 
  to 
  glacial 
  action, 
  similar 
  to 
  that 
  observed 
  in 
  the 
  valley 
  

   of 
  the 
  Moisie 
  River. 
  

  

  § 
  2. 
  The 
  Forced 
  Arrangement 
  of 
  Blocks 
  of 
  Limestone, 
  <$fc, 
  in 
  Boulder- 
  

   Clay. 
  

  

  The 
  forced 
  arrangement 
  of 
  blocks 
  of 
  limestone, 
  slabs 
  of 
  shale, 
  

   and 
  boulders 
  of 
  the 
  Laurentian 
  rocks, 
  in 
  the 
  Blue 
  Clay 
  at 
  Toronto, 
  

   formed 
  the 
  subject 
  of 
  a 
  paper 
  which 
  I 
  read 
  before 
  the 
  Canadian 
  

   Institute 
  seven 
  years 
  ago. 
  A 
  minute 
  description 
  of 
  this 
  arrange- 
  

   ment 
  was 
  published 
  in 
  my 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  Assinniboine 
  and 
  Saskat- 
  

   chewan 
  Exploring 
  Expedition 
  in 
  1859 
  f, 
  to 
  illustrate 
  a 
  similar 
  

   arrangement 
  of 
  blocks 
  of 
  limestone 
  and 
  gneissoid 
  rocks 
  in 
  the 
  clay 
  

   on 
  the 
  south 
  branch 
  of 
  the 
  Saskatchewan 
  observed 
  in 
  1858. 
  

  

  I 
  concluded 
  the 
  description 
  of 
  this 
  remarkable 
  arrangement 
  with 
  

   the 
  following 
  hint 
  at 
  their 
  origin 
  : 
  — 
  " 
  May 
  not 
  the 
  plastic 
  and 
  irre- 
  

  

  Fig. 
  2. 
  — 
  Section 
  showing 
  the 
  forced 
  arrangement 
  of 
  Blocks 
  of 
  Lime- 
  

   stone, 
  <$fc, 
  in 
  Boulder- 
  Clay. 
  

  

  Yellow 
  Clay 
  

  

  Upper 
  Blue 
  Clay 
  (stratified). 
  

  

  -■■). 
  >Sand 
  and 
  Gravel. 
  

  

  Lower 
  Blue 
  Clay 
  containing 
  the 
  blocks 
  

   of 
  Limestone, 
  &c. 
  

  

  Shales. 
  

  

  * 
  See 
  my 
  ' 
  Explorations 
  in 
  the 
  Interior 
  of 
  the 
  Labrador 
  Peninsula.' 
  Long- 
  

   mans, 
  1863. 
  

  

  t 
  Keport 
  on 
  the 
  Assinniboine 
  and 
  Saskatchewan 
  Exploring 
  Expedition. 
  By 
  

   Henry 
  Youle 
  Hind, 
  M.A. 
  Toronto, 
  1859. 
  Eyre 
  and 
  Spottiswoode, 
  London, 
  

   1860 
  (Blue 
  Book). 
  * 
  

  

  