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side of Long Island has probably been derived from the Pali- 
sade ran^e of trap. Like that of eastern New Jersey it may 
be the relic of the more ancient attenuated border of the till. 
3. Further knowledge shows us the limits of the inner Long 
Island moraine, suggested by Chamberlin to be the probable 
equivalent of the Wisconsin series. This starts at cape Cod, 
follows the Elizabeth islands, appears in Rhode Island, forms 
Fisher's and Plum islands,toucheS Long Island at Orient point, 
and borders the north shore as far as Port Jefferson, where it 
has been lost sight of. An inspection of the map, coast survey 
and others, shows a line of shallows called the "Stratford 
shoals" and the "Middle ground lightboat," which may con- 
nect Mt. Misery at Port Jefferson with Stratford point on the 
Connecticut shore. Is not this line the continuation of the 
inner terminal moraine? 
Correlated with this morainic line may be the westerl}^ di- 
rection of the striae over the Connecticut valley. Dana has 
noted them as far south as Milford — S. 34 degrees W. and 
elsewhere to the north within the state. In Massachusetts my 
father has described them with a trend west of south, and I 
have followed them up to the White mountains in New Hamp- 
shire and Vermont. The most remarkable ones are at Gran- 
ville, Mass., 1240 feet, in the neighborhood of Shelburn Falls, 
Mass., and Halifax, Vt. : both upon land exceeding 1800 feet in 
altitude. These represent more than the usual low-lying striae 
of the local Connecticut glacier. Following the statements 
given above of the divergent courses in the Hudson valley, we 
have similar facts repeated in the Connecticut, with the cor- 
responding divergence to the southeast on the eastern rim of 
the valley. The Connecticut lobe, therefore, is shorter than 
that of the Hudson and seems to be terminated by the inner 
Long Island moraine. 
4. There are quite a number of rnorainal lines in New Eng- 
land, comparable in number with those observed in the West. 
Beginning outwardly there are: (1) The attenuated border 
southerly from Staten island. (2) The Long Island moraine 
from Martha's Vineyard, Block island, and the whole length 
of Long island, Staten island. New Jersey, and so on to Sala- 
manca, N. Y. (3) The Connecticut moraine from cape Cod 
and the north shores of Long island, crossing the sound to 
