July-August 1879, Alaska Trip Image 48
countless rills issuing from the small tunnels in the snout from top to bottom, and also from those running over the beveled front wall in tiny cascades. The large quantities of water-rounded granite deposited along the flank of the Sierra, and spoken of in connection with the glaciers of Switzerlan...
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Summary: | countless rills issuing from the small tunnels in the snout from top to bottom, and also from those running over the beveled front wall in tiny cascades. The large quantities of water-rounded granite deposited along the flank of the Sierra, and spoken of in connection with the glaciers of Switzerland by Agassiz, Guyot and others, and also observed by myself on Vancouver Island where the glacial {sketch: New stickeen village} https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmj-all/2427/thumbnail.jpg |
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