Scottish geographical magazine . ut-ings of the hill-slopes, ruches moutonnees, projecting knolls and hills withtheir tails, the great series of banks and ridges of stony clay whichtrend down the valley of the Tweed—these, and many more details ofinterest to specialists, are shown upon the maps. All over Scotland similarphenomena are common, and have been reproduced with marvellous skillon the shaded sheets issued by the Ordnance Survey. And yet the artistswere not geologists. The present writer is glad of this opportunity ofrecording his obligations to those gentlemen. Their faithful delineat
Scottish geographical magazine . ut-ings of the hill-slopes, ruches moutonnees, projecting knolls and hills withtheir tails, the great series of banks and ridges of stony clay whichtrend down the valley of the Tweed—these, and many more details ofinterest to specialists, are shown upon the maps. All over Scotland similarphenomena are common, and have been reproduced with marvellous skillon the shaded sheets issued by the Ordnance Survey. And yet the artistswere not geologists. The present writer is glad of this opportunity ofrecording his obligations to those gentlemen. Their faithful delineationsof physical features have given him many valuable suggestions, and haveled up to certain observations which might otherwise not have beenmade. With such admirable cartographical work before them, how long willintelligent teachers continue to tolerate those antiquated monstrositieswhich so often do duty as wall-maps in their school-rooms 1 Surely moreadvantage ought to be taken of the progress made within the last thirty or.
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