The National geographic magazine . One Mile Figure 4.—Valley Extending Under Marsh from Guston Inlet to Cedar Point that as a rule the weight of two menwould push the auger but a few inchesor a foot or two into this clay, whereasit might be pushed 20 feet or moreinto the deposits made since the agitation of the water by waves hascaused the loose mud to fill the originalvalleys, making the bottom of the bayapproximately level. These valleys,made by the streams when they flowedmiles farther than now to reach thelake, are thus traceable by the lines ofsoft mud. face—such uniformity as
The National geographic magazine . One Mile Figure 4.—Valley Extending Under Marsh from Guston Inlet to Cedar Point that as a rule the weight of two menwould push the auger but a few inchesor a foot or two into this clay, whereasit might be pushed 20 feet or moreinto the deposits made since the agitation of the water by waves hascaused the loose mud to fill the originalvalleys, making the bottom of the bayapproximately level. These valleys,made by the streams when they flowedmiles farther than now to reach thelake, are thus traceable by the lines ofsoft mud. face—such uniformity as to indicatethat the original inequalities were planedoff by wave action. Line B, parallel toA and almost 2 miles long, shows nearlyas much uniformity. From the place ofdeep mud on line A a line of deep mudextends to the present mouth of MillsCreek and in the opposite direction tothe line of deep mud that marks theformer course of the Sandusky River. The valleys of two streams east of thecity, Pipe Creek and Guston Inlet, onei
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