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one between Lax and Wyler; but the most imposing 
is that east of Viesch. It partly forms the Gibelegg, 
forces the road to make several zigzags, and bears 
the village of Furgangen, extending towards Bodmen 
in the Viescherthal, and Belwald in the Valais. There 
is another large moraine at Ulrichen. 
In the centre of the village of Biel is a great 
erratic block. 
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Fig. 120.— Section of the Rhone Valley at Ulrichen. 
Above Biel the road crosses a great mound long 
grown over and covered with beautiful fields and 
meadows, but evidently the result of a prehistoric 
I'ockfall. The deep gash from which the mass fell 
is still clearly visible above Ritzingen. 
Near Reckingen are remains of several ancient 
moraines, and at Mtlnster another great rockfall, with 
its corresponding hollow like that of Ritzingen. 
From Biel to Oberwald the lateral streams form 
a succession of cones, which drive the Rhone from 
