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are quite applicable to the changed direction of the kames under 
notice. In writing upon the retreat of the ice-sheet in southeast- 
ern Massachusetts, he states : — 
“The warmth of the ocean, however, had begun to melt away the ice- 
fields which encroached upon its depths, more rapidly than they were 
driven back upon the land, or in the shallow sounds south of New Eng- 
land. At their further departure it seems probable that this cause pro- 
duced within the Gulf of Maine a great bay in the terminal front of the 
ice-sheet, so that it entirely melted away east of Massachusetts, while it 
remained in great depth upon all the territory except its southeast por- 
tion. The effect of this unequal rate of retreat would be to leav e the ice 
upon our coast unsupported at the east side, and to cause its motion con- 
sequently to be deflected towards the vacant area.” 
This view being taken as a correct one, it will be at once recog- 
nized that the direction of the ice movement itself would be also 
approximately that of the rivers that poured over it, and conse- 
quently of the kames formed by the debris washed into the river- 
beds from the glacier. 
There is not wanting other evidence than that here suggested to 
sustain the view that in eastern Massachusetts the onward move- 
ment of the ice changed towards the close of the Glacial Period 
from the normal southeast direction to one more east, as a second 
series of striae are found on some of our exposures attesting this. 
Stoddard's Neck . — Another remarkable system of kame ridge 
exists at the northwest extremity of Hingham, extending more 
than 3000 feet along the west side of Stoddard’s Neck and across 
Beal street near the bridge over Weymouth Back River, thence 
southward to a little indentation just north of Beal’s Cove. These 
ridges run in a general north and south direction, although wind- 
ing and branching considerably south of Beal street. On Stod- 
dard’s Neck the heavily wooded ridge varies from 50 to 75 feet in 
height ; on the west side above it is quite abrupt. South of Beal 
street the steep ridges are about 50 feet high. There is another 
low ridge on the east side of Stoddard’s Neck, and on the south 
side of Beal street are several small ridges and kame hills, besides 
the high serpentine kames. 
Fulling-Mill Pond . — A kame ridge of considerable length bor- 
ders the western shore of Fulling-Mill Pond, and another skirts its 
southern shore. The first-named extended several years ago to the 
street line, but has been dug awa}^ 50 or 60 feet. The direction of 
this kame is generally north and south, varying in some portions 
