The Long Island Woods 89 
yourself of the true value of these woods, 
and better still, that you have drawn only 
the ample interest on that splendid trust, 
leaving the principal untouched. 
Along the north shore of Long Island ex- 
tends a low range of hills. While there is 
underneath these hills of sand the core of an 
ancient range, what one sees is, in reality, 
the heaped up sand, gravel, and boulders of the 
great terminal moraine which extends from 
the eastern end of Long Island, westward 
across the continent, and its topography here 
is distinctly moraine topography,—hillocks 
and mounds and sudden depressions of all 
shapes and sizes. These moraine hills, ris- 
ing abruptly from the Sound, have been 
eaten away on their outer edge by the tides, 
so that they show a long line of sand cliffs at 
whose feet the little waves sing their soft 
lament, and a sandy and pebbly beach where 
countless king crabs lay their eggs. The 
numerous bays and coves which penetrate 
the great moraine are, in fact, much like 
miniature fjords and, together with the 
varied moraine topography, lend to this shore 
a peculiar charm which is entirely lacking on 
the south shore of the island. 
Over these knolls and hillocks and in the 
