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THE ICE AGE IN NORTH AMERICA. 



deposit lying between the lower mile of the glacier and the 

 mountain a short distance to the southwest. About half-way 

 down, a small brook, coming from between this latter mount- 

 ain and that whose shoulder forms the western part of the 

 gateway jnst north of it, joins the main stream issuing from 

 the glacier on this side. Where these streams unite, at A, 

 they are now uncovering a forest of cedar-trees in perfect 

 preservation, standing upright in the soil in which they 



Fig. 27 — Buried Forest on the Muir Glacier, looking west. 



grew, with the humus still about their roots. An abundance 

 of their cones, still preserving their shape, lies about their 

 roots ; and the texture of the wood is still unimpaired. One 

 of these upright trunks measured ten feet in circumference 

 about fifteen feet above the roots. Some of the smaller up- 

 right trees have their branches and twigs still intact, pre- 

 serving the normal conical appearance of a recently dead 

 cedar-tree. 



These trees are in various stages of exposure. Some of 



