. History of the town of Hingham, Massachusetts . probably asdeep at least as ten feet, the curvature and wearing of the rock ofthe cliff above the present hole clearly showing this. The rocky ridge in which all these pot-holes or kettles are found,has a height of from 20 to 25 feet, and is of granite. Besidesthe pot-holes of which an account has been given, there are otherdepressions showing distinctly a commencement of action towardstheir formation. Two of such may be found 20 feet in a north-erly direction from those numbered 1, 2, and 3; that is, betweenthese and the one called the Well, N
. History of the town of Hingham, Massachusetts . probably asdeep at least as ten feet, the curvature and wearing of the rock ofthe cliff above the present hole clearly showing this. The rocky ridge in which all these pot-holes or kettles are found,has a height of from 20 to 25 feet, and is of granite. Besidesthe pot-holes of which an account has been given, there are otherdepressions showing distinctly a commencement of action towardstheir formation. Two of such may be found 20 feet in a north-erly direction from those numbered 1, 2, and 3; that is, betweenthese and the one called the Well, No. 4. One is shallow,appearing like the bowl of a spoon, about a foot across, show-ing, extending from it, a water-worn channel sloping easterly tothe edge of the rock surface, about ten feet; and on a lower sur-face of the same rock, another and larger depression just where 56 History of Hingham. water from the first might descend. Moreover, a large portion ofthe rock surface shows not only glaciation but continued wateraction. ??WUfottM-Mj. Figure No. 5. It is very certain that no river has ever existed in the region ofthe pot-holes at Cohasset to account for their existence. We areforced, therefore, to ascribe their origin to the flowing of waterfrom the great continental glacier. Considering the shallowness of the portions of the pot-holes de-scribed on Coopers Island remaining for our observation, and theprobability that they have been visited by generations of people,both of the Indian and the white man, it is not surprising that no-thing is left of their contents in or about them. There is, however,one rounded stone in the possession of Mr. Charles S. Bates, theowner of the estate on which the pot-holes are found, which tra-dition states to have been taken from the deepest one is elliptical, nearly spherical, in form,— its longest diameterbeing about four and a half inches, its shortest four inches. Trans-versely, it is quite circular. It is of granite, no
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