182 J. D. Dana—The Flood of the Connecticut River Valley 
about 175 feet above the river and 75 feet below the village 
t 
3. Layers of sand, with 
Layers of finely straticulate sand (s) ction 
and sand and fine pebbles (sp) over- some of fine gravel, finely bedded, 
laid by coarse gravel, till-like (cg). overlaid by a till-like deposit (cg). 
top, or 
was probably the position of the gully mentioned by Mr. Upham 
as situated about 75 feet below the village. Its beds were like 
en in the former section, was continued here, and had greater 
thickness with larger unconformability to the stratified beds be- 
neath; and some of its s were angular and two feet in diam- 
eter. Figure 2, representing the upper half of this exposure, 
shows the position of this stony deposit, ¢ g, in relation to the 
beds beneath. 
This till-like deposit is thus a superficial mass lapping down the 
slope, quite independent of the terrace-formation ; and it is there- 
