Bouve.] 
178 
[Dec. 17, 
toward the east and west of north, and its length is nearly 2000 
feet. Its width at base is some 150 feet, and its highest elevation 
about 50 feet. Somewhat less than 1500 feet south from its north- 
erly termination another ridge runs west at a right angle from this 
one, for a distance of 750 feet, having an elevation of 25 feet, in 
places, and a basal width of 150 feet. 
Beyond these ridges, to the southward, are numerous kame hills, 
so covered by forest growth as to obscure observation. Still fur- 
ther away, especially east and southeast, are hills of this charac- 
ter, of considerable elevation. 
The Kame Hills and Hillocks of Hingham. 
The range called Breakneck Hills, which crosses Whiting street, 
some distance north of Cushing and extends southwest half a 
mile or more, is a great kame deposit, the material of it not differ- 
ing from that of the kame ridges. The width of the range varies 
somewhat, but averages perhaps 1000 feet. The average height is 
about 50 feet. A very considerable depression of the surface ex- 
ists along the north side of the range, followed by other approxi- 
mately parallel elevations, with depressions alternating for a con- 
siderable distance, of the same general character but less promi- 
nent. 
The long range of hills lying nearly parallel with, and north of 
the Old Colony Railroad, between North and East Weymouth, 
though outside the limits of Hingham, may well be mentioned here, 
as these hills can hardly fail to attract the attention of people as 
they travel within full sight of them. These are kame elevations 
and owe their origin to the great continental glacier. The general 
direction of this range is west-northwest and east-southeast. 
The separate kame hills and hillocks cover a very considerable 
portion of the surface, especially in the southern and western sec- 
tions of the town, where they present conspicuous features in the 
landscape. This is the case on the territory bordering French 
street, from Hobart to High, and on High street west. Here may 
be seen an area almost entirely covered with hills and hillocks, 
having many kettle-hole depressions among them. The same may 
be said of much of the territory bordering Main street, from Cush- 
ing street to Prospect street, and some distance beyond. The road 
indeed runs through and over hillocks of kame material until reach- 
