. The Canadian naturalist and geologist. Natural history -- Periodicals. Glacial Phenomena of Canada, 335 rocks uncovered. In 'w Sleepy Hollow" the road runs nearly east and west. Occasionally local drift lies on its steep northern side ; and on the smoothed surfaces of rock I observed a few striatums from N. to S., and others from E. to W. The former ran up and down the hill towards the brook ; and the latter were on the vertical faces of the little cliffs, up and down the valley. Passing the bend where the road crosses the brook, striations became frequent; and 1 was surprised to find t
. The Canadian naturalist and geologist. Natural history -- Periodicals. Glacial Phenomena of Canada, 335 rocks uncovered. In 'w Sleepy Hollow" the road runs nearly east and west. Occasionally local drift lies on its steep northern side ; and on the smoothed surfaces of rock I observed a few striatums from N. to S., and others from E. to W. The former ran up and down the hill towards the brook ; and the latter were on the vertical faces of the little cliffs, up and down the valley. Passing the bend where the road crosses the brook, striations became frequent; and 1 was surprised to find that all of them ran nearly N. and S. along the flanks of the escarpment, and not from W. to E. down the slope of the hill. For a time I thought that as I ascended higher they would cease altogether; but, so far from this being the case, I was alike phased and astonished Fig. 3.—Sketch-map of a portion of the Cot skill Mountains, show- ing the Directions of the strios near Mountain 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 Natural History Society of Montreal. Montreal, Dawson
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