. The American angler. Fishing. 'I he Sto7'y of the RedfisJi Lakes. 149. MORAINIC RIDGE, KETWEEX PETTIT AND YELLOWBELLY LAKES, NEAR SAWSOOTH, IDAHO. 7,200 feet above sea level. are smoothed and rounded and left as the large dome-like elevations called mutton-backs or roehes inoutonnces. But as time went on climatic conditions changed. The Ice King slowly loosed his chilling fetters, and warmth and life appeared where only cold had reigned. Rains became more frequent and the snowfall less. The river of ice became less wide and less deep ; but the change was very slow, for the King who had ruled
. The American angler. Fishing. 'I he Sto7'y of the RedfisJi Lakes. 149. MORAINIC RIDGE, KETWEEX PETTIT AND YELLOWBELLY LAKES, NEAR SAWSOOTH, IDAHO. 7,200 feet above sea level. are smoothed and rounded and left as the large dome-like elevations called mutton-backs or roehes inoutonnces. But as time went on climatic conditions changed. The Ice King slowly loosed his chilling fetters, and warmth and life appeared where only cold had reigned. Rains became more frequent and the snowfall less. The river of ice became less wide and less deep ; but the change was very slow, for the King who had ruled so many centuries was loath to depart. And the cliffs during all these years did not forget to let fall upon the diminishing stream a constant shower of rocks, great and small, and as the stream slowly melted away those which fell near the edges became stranded and were left in great windrows on either side ; there we see them to-day more or less distinctly. Between each two caiions opening out into Salmon River valley is a long ridge. Back from the valley it is high and its sides are steep ; as it approaches the valley it gradually flattens out. Examine one of these ridges closely and it is found to consist of rock fragments of various sizes with a small amount of soil. Only at the upper end is there a central axis of bed-rock; all the rest is gla- cial material and is the joint product of the two glaciers, one upon either side. These ridges are, as a rule, well tim- bered, and form the most characteristic feature qf the region. Looked down upon from any high peak above, they appear as long tongues of dark green, reaching out into the dead brown of the treeless valley. Sometimes small sec- ondary glaciers left immense piles of rock upon the flanks of the larger lat- eral moraines, and these, in some cases,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustratio
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