. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal. upper mounds a and b, Fig. 4, have this shape. Sometimes the two extremities are high, and the middle low; but in passing over the ground, it is easy to discover that since the materials were deposited, the surface has been much altered by the de- nuding action of the river itself, and the various streamlets which flow down from the western ridge after heavy rains. No section can give a correct idea of the whole deposit; and as one along the middle must have been to a great extent ima- ginary, I have thought it my best course to sketch in Fig. 4, Fig.
. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal. upper mounds a and b, Fig. 4, have this shape. Sometimes the two extremities are high, and the middle low; but in passing over the ground, it is easy to discover that since the materials were deposited, the surface has been much altered by the de- nuding action of the river itself, and the various streamlets which flow down from the western ridge after heavy rains. No section can give a correct idea of the whole deposit; and as one along the middle must have been to a great extent ima- ginary, I have thought it my best course to sketch in Fig. 4, Fig. the natural section afforded by the deep cut which the river has made in its eastern side, where the composition of the mounds is well exposed, and their approximate depth seen. o 2. 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
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