CHAP. VII 



THE GLACIAL EPOCH 



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Jura at G have come from the eastern shoulder of Mont 

 Blanc in the direct line A B F G. Here the glacier would 

 naturally preserve its greatest thickness, while as it spread 

 out eastward and westward it would become thinner. We 

 accordingly find that the travelled blocks on either side of 



Mont Blanc 



MAP SHOWING THE COURSE OF THE ANCIENT GLACIER OF THE RHONE AND THE 

 DISTRIBUTION OF ERRATIC BLOCKS ON THE JURA. 



the central point become lower and lower, till near Soleure 

 and Geneva they are not more than 500 feet above the 

 valley. The evidence is altogether so conclusive that, after 

 personal examination of the district in company with 

 eminent Swiss geologists, Sir Charles Lyell gave up the 



