. Elements of geology, or, The ancient changes of the earth and its inhabitants as illustrated by geological monuments. Geology. 164: CANADIAN DRIFT. [Ch. XIL from them the inference that they indicated a more northern climate, the shells agreeing in great part with those of Uddevalla in Sweden.* The shelly beds attain at Beauport and the neighborhood a height of 200, 300, and sometimes 400 feet above the sea, and dispersed through some of them are large boulders of granite, which could not have been propelled by a violent current, because the accompanying fragile shells are almost all entire.
. Elements of geology, or, The ancient changes of the earth and its inhabitants as illustrated by geological monuments. Geology. 164: CANADIAN DRIFT. [Ch. XIL from them the inference that they indicated a more northern climate, the shells agreeing in great part with those of Uddevalla in Sweden.* The shelly beds attain at Beauport and the neighborhood a height of 200, 300, and sometimes 400 feet above the sea, and dispersed through some of them are large boulders of granite, which could not have been propelled by a violent current, because the accompanying fragile shells are almost all entire. They seem, therefore, said Captain Bay- field, writing in 1838, to have been dropped down from melting ice, like similar stones which are now annually deposited in the St. Law- I visited this locality in 1842, and made the annexed sec- tion, fig. 138, which will give an idea of the general position of the drift in Canada and the United States. I imagine that the whole of. B K. Mr. Kyland's house. h. Clay and sand of higher grounds, with Saxicava, &c. g. Gravel with boulders. / Mass of Saxicava rugosa, 12 feet thick, c. Sand and loam with Mya truncata, Scalaria Graznlandica, & Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Lyell, Charles, Sir, 1797-1875. New York, D. Appleton and co.
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