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summit of Rock hill, ami thev mus^t have been brought there 
by rivers flowing from the mainland. I find a conflrmation of 
this in a recent English publication, where u writer says: 
"Where pebbly beaches or cobble bars exist on ocean shores, 
they are generall}'^ near or ftt the debouchement of ancient or 
modern channels."* 
The view from Rock hill is extensive and very beautiful. 
The Great South bay, with its fringe of beach and the ocean 
beyond, presents a delightful picture. In a clear day Fire 
Island lighthouse, nearly thirty miles away, can be discerned 
with the unaided eye. The vast frontal plain, with its wil- 
derness of tangled brush, stretches out on either hand as far 
as the eye can see, giving a wild grandeur to the scene. To- 
ward the east the moraine sweeps with a graceful curve to the 
Shinnecock range, whose brown hills are seen in the distance. 
Behind us the undulating ground tells of walls of ice and riv- 
ers of water, when the Ice King had sway; and on the crest 
of the huge boulder were written certain still legible lines of 
the history of his powerful reign. 
GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY AND AMERICAN ASSOCI- 
ATION MEETINGS. 
* By Warren Upham, Cleveland, Ohio. 
Geological Society of America. 
The seventh summer meeting of the Geological Society of 
America was held in Springfield, Mass., on Tuesday and 
Wednesday, August 27th and 28th, 1895, under the presidency 
of Prof. N. S. Shaler, with an attendance of about forty fel- 
lows and friends of the Society. The meeting was in the 
beautiful new building of the Art Museum, then used for the 
first time. Dr. William Rice, secretary of the Library Asso- 
ciation of Springfield, gave a cordial address of welcome. Me- 
morial mention was made of Profs. James I). Dana and Henry 
B. Nason, fellows of the Society who have died since the last 
meeting; and biographic sketches commemorative of their 
work will be presented at the winter meeting. Eleven new 
fellows were announced as elected by the recent vote of the 
Society, namely, S. Prentiss Baldwin, Cleveland, Ohio, (). ('. 
Farrington, Chicago, 111., G. P. (irimsley, Columbus, Ohio, F. 
P. (Julliver, Norwich, Conn., J. H. Ilatclicr, Priiicrton. N. .1.. 
