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longer furnishes in normal fashion a series of tributaries to the 

 lakes. The greater part of the surface water enters the lakes 

 through torrents, running from two to four miles in a straight 

 course, at right angles to the lake-axis, through precipitous 



The Finger-lake region of New York. 



Terminal moraine (from Chamberlain) is represented by dots. — Corniferous 

 limestone, a line of dots. — Tully limestone (Prof. H. S. Williams) dots and 

 dashes — . — . 



A, Bristol ; B, Urbana ; 0, Sugar Hill ; D, Hornby ; 



E, Orange; F, Newfield; G, Dryden; H, Virgil; 



J, Richford ; K, Solon ; L, Fabius ; M, Fenner. 



Elevations above sea-level — Rochester, 508; Lyons, 407; Clyde, 396; Bath, 

 1105; Elmira, 863; Sugar Hill, 2091; Hornby, 2045; Richford, 1995. 



gorges, which they are still actively deepening. Some of the 

 finest scenery in the State is found in these gorges. Watkins 

 and Havana glens are examples ; the highest waterfall in the 

 State occurs in the Taughannock glen, near Ithaca ; its per- 

 pendicular fall is 190 feet. 



