112 The American Geologist. August, 189<< 
with more or less sand, iill water-laid thinly over the rocks 
and the ground moraine. On the west point of a hill about 
two miles out is a faint terrace about 190 feet above the sta- 
tion or about 975 above sea level. Just northeast of this is a 
]arfz;e kettle-hole 60 to 70 feet deep. The rolling stony drift 
at this place appeared to be part of a terminal moraine. Some 
of the hills seem to be mainly of drift, but some show bare 
ledges of gneiss, especially towards their tops. A wide huckle- 
berry flat called the "Blue Sea," which was crossed at about 
1,035 feet, is bounded by high hills and is evidently a shallow 
lake bed filled with sediments. From the east side of this a 
long hill rises quite steeply, liare bosses of gneiss were 
reached at the top of the slope at about 1,290 feet. They were 
evidently rounded by glacial action, but were weathered so 
that no stria? were discoverable. The house and barn of Mr. 
Joseph Binet. half way up the hill and north of the road, are 
on a fairly vtell formed terrace at about 1.135 feet above sea 
level. Above this are two others at about 1,150 and 1,170 feet 
respectively, both more sharply cut. Above the upper one is 
a steep rocky ledge with talus top about 30 feet above. The 
water may have stood at that place, but no distinct terrace 
corresponding to it was observed at that level on the gentler 
slope a few rods to the southwest. The benches are cut into 
stony drift, which is composed of tough clay with many cob- 
bles. The slope faces nearly northwest and on the steep hills 
opposite there appeared to be a zone of rock washed bare at 
about the same level. Although it is about 40 feet lower than 
the beach at Trout creek, it seems almost certain that this is 
the Algonquin beach. The ground and situation are favor- 
able, but no trace of submergence was seen at a higher level. 
Localities in the Ottaica Vallei/. Two trips were made in 
search of high shore lines from Mattawa. The first was up 
the west side of the Ottawa river to Les Erables. At one 
place north of the Antoine river a faint terrace with gravelly 
surface suggesting light wave wash was found at about 870 
feet. Birch hill farther north holds a small lake high above 
the river. The north slope of the hill is a great mass of mo- 
rainic material imdoubtedly constituting a terminal. It is 
apparently this bank of drift which holds the small lake up. 
The composition of the moraine is well shown in exposures by 
