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PKOCEEDINGS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. [May 28, 



parts of the lake-district would exist, and the Helvellyn range form 

 the only tract of land at all continuous. 



Fig. 3. — Contour-map, showing the form of the land at 1500 feet. 



Fig. 4. — Contour -map, showing the form of the land at 1750 feet. 



At 2000 feet (rig. 5) the whole lake-district would consist merely 

 of scattered islands, of which those of Helvellyn and Scafell would 

 be the most considerable ; while at 2500 feet the proportion of land 

 would be very small indeed. 



