282 THE ICE AGE IK NORTH AMERICA 



*\ >■ in Brookline ; Parker's Hill, in 



Roxbury ; Bellevue and the 

 Clarendon Hills, in West Rox- 

 bury; Brush Hill, in Milton; 

 |it Jones's Hill, Mount Ida, and 



j Pope's Hill, in Dorchester ; 



Wollaston Heights, Forbes, 

 President's and Great Hills, in 

 fr 1 - r ^ Quincv ; Great and King Oak 



| Hills, in Wevniouth; Baker's. 

 : 6 Otis, Prospect, and Turkey 

 d Hills, in Hingham ; Scituate 

 | v||flHB 1 ano ^ Bear Hills, in Cohasset ; 



| Strawberry and Telegraph Hills, 

 Hnj^^HEgg 1 m Hull ; and the hills of Deer 

 ■B: < Island in the harbor. More 

 s than a hundred others of the 

 % same character occur within this 

 ;■ | area. 



J Mr. Warren Upham's de- 



| scription of these interesting 



g features of the landscape is 



fK « most complete and satisfactory : 



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These hills vary in size from 

 I' a few hundred feet to a mile in 



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length, with usually half to two 

 ^^ / « thirds as great width. Their 



height, corresponding to their 

 area, varies from twenty-five to 

 two hundred feet. But, what- 

 ever may be their size and height, 

 they are singularly alike in out- 

 line and form, usually having 

 steep sides, with gently sloping, 

 rounded tops, and presenting a 

 very smooth and regular contour. 

 From this resemblance in shape 



