702 PROCEEDINGS OF THE OTTAWA MEETING 



J. F. Kemp, F. E. Wright, G. 0. Smith, K. W. Brock, T. A. Jaggar (a 

 visitor), and the author. 



The paper is printed as pages 329-376 of this volume. 



The third and last paper of the morning session was 



RECENT CHANGES OF LEVEL IN THE YAKUT AT BAY REGION, ALASKA 

 BY RALPH S. TARE AND LAWRENCE MARTIN 



Eemarks were made by A. E. Coste (a visitor), W. H. Sherzer, and 

 A. H. Brooks. 



The paper is printed as pages 29-64 of this volume. 



The Society adjourned for the noon recess, and reconvened at 2.15 

 o'clock p m. 



Eemarks were made by T. L. Walker relating to the place of meeting 

 of the International Geological Congress in 1909, and inquiring as to the 

 purport and effect of the resolution adopted at the morning session. 



The scientific program was resumed, and the first paper was the fol- 

 lowing : 



OBSERVATIONS IN SOUTH AFRICA 

 BY W. M. DAVIS 



Eemarks were made by David White, with reply by the. author. The 

 paper is printed as pages 377-450 of this volume. 



The second paper was 



DRUMLIN STRUCTURE AND ORIGIN * 

 BY H. L. FAIRCHILD 



[Abstract] 



Contents 



Page 



Introduction : . 702 



Distribution 703 



Orientation 703 



Relation to topography and rock strata 703 



Form and size 704 



Composition and structure 704 



Relation to moraines and to glacial lakes 705 



Formation ; mechanics '. 705 



Introduction 



The paper was a brief description, aided by maps and lantern slides, of im- 

 portant drumlin features found in central New York, and a concise statement 

 of conclusions relating to the origin of drumlins. 



* By permission of the New York State Geologist. 



