CHAPTEK XL 



DROtLIXS. 



" Dkoiles" m is the name now used to designate the class 

 of glacial accumulations which Professor Hitchcock origi- 

 nally called " lenticular hills." These abound in the vicinity 

 of Boston, and large- 



^ive character to 

 scenery of the 



v 



the 



three northeastern 

 counties of Massachu- 

 setts. They are not, 

 however, evenly dis- 

 tributed over the re- 

 gion. Familiar ex- 

 amples of them are 

 Beacon Hill. Boston ; 

 Bunker Hill, in 

 Charlestown; Breed's 

 Island Hill, beyond 

 East Boston : Green 

 Hill, in Winthrop ; 

 Powder -Horn Hill, 

 in Chelsea ; Mount 

 Kevere ; Mount 



Washington, in Ever- 

 ett ; Tuft's College Hill ; Winter Hill and others, in Somer- 

 ville ; Bigelow Hill, in Brighton : White's Hill, in Water- 

 town ; Owl Hill, in Waltham ; Mount Ida. Prospect, Insti- 

 tute, and Oak Hills, in Xewton : Corey's and Walnut Hills, 



Fig. 86.— Druralins in the vicinity of Boston. (Davis.) 



