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acteristic of such accumulations. At the northerly end 

 the moraine keeps close to the edge of the chalk cliffs, 

 which are there 400 feet high, and the hills are frequently 

 displayed in section ; but as the elevation of the cliffs de- 

 clines they fall back from the edge of the cliffs and run 

 quite across the headland of Flamborough, and are again 



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SPEETON 

 CLIFFS 



JtUU BUCKTON CLIFFS ]jj 

 400 



StottleBank 9 

 SelwicJcs' 



' 125 U 



High Stacks I 



"THE MATRON 



=f MILES 



Fig. 43.— Moraine between Speeton and Flamborongh (Lamplugh). 



exposed in section in Bridlington Bay. One remarkable 

 and significant fact is pointed out, namely, that behind 

 this moraine, within half a mile and at a lower level, the 

 country is almost absolutely devoid of any drift whatever. 

 "The interpretation of these phenomena is as follows: 



