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morainic character, and they therefore were 
immediately connected with my present in- 
vestigation. It would give me, besides, an 
opportunity of carrying out my survey on a 
much larger plan. As I had already satis¬ 
fied myself, in this and previous journeys from 
Portland to Bangor, that the traces of glacial 
action occurred over all that region, this ex¬ 
cursion would enable me to follow them north¬ 
ward to a considerable distance, while on my 
return I could track them down to the coast 
in continuous connection. I dwell upon the 
character of this investigation, because, numer¬ 
ous as have been the local observations of this 
kind, I am not aware that extensive tracts of 
land have been systematically surveyed, com¬ 
pass in hand, with the view of ascertaining the 
continuity of these marks in definite direc¬ 
tions. I gladly accepted my friend’s offer; 
and to this incident I owe some of the pleas¬ 
antest days I have ever spent in travelling, 
and the knowledge of some important, and I 
believe novel facts in glacial phenomena. 
It was late in September, just at the turn of 
the leaf; the woods were in all their golden 
and crimson glory, with here and there a pur- 
