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ME. J. E. MAEK ON THE TABNS OF LAKELAND. [Feb. 1 896, 



slope; this at one time evidently contained a lakelet similar to that 

 existing on the shelf below, though it is now almost entirely con- 

 verted into a peat-bog with a small pond in the middle (see fig. 2). 



Pig. 2. — Section across Hard Tarn. 



H. T.= Hard Tarn. 

 £=Peat Bog. 



P=Pond. 



S — Screes. 



Below the dip-slope of Hard Tarn is an escarpment similar to that 

 seen above. The accompanying plan (fig. 3) shows the nature of 



Eig. 3. — Plan of Hard Tarn. (Scale : 5 feet = 1 mile.) 



#= Deepest point. 

 C<7= Cliffs. 



C """ 

 d=Delta. 



E= Normal exit over screes. 



8= Swamp. 



W.E.— Wet- weather exit over 







rock. 



the tarn and its surroundings. The deepest part of the tarn at x 

 is only 3 feet, and the greater part of the northern side varies in 



