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Excerpt from The Glacial Boundary in Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky When, ten years ago, I began my investigations concerning the kames of the Merrimac valley, in Eastern Massachusetts, I little thought to what it would lead; and, after having traced the boundary of the glaciated area from the Atlantic Ocean to the southern part of Illinois, I am equally in doubt as to what the future has in store in this most interesting line of exploration. The Detailed Report, occupying the larger part of the present publication, is little more than a simple recital of observations, designed to put the reader in my own position, and to furnish the facts which all scientific men would wish to know. I have endeavored to be so specific that future observers may be able to verify my statements, and may intelligently connect their own observations with mine. Whether I shall publish, in equal detail, my observations already made upon Indiana, the future must determine. I hope, however, to continue my investigations across Illinois and Missouri, and may then give fuller details of what I have already done in Indiana. The preliminary lecture (with its map on page 17), gives the facts concerning Indiana with sufficient clearness to show their relations to those more minutely described in Ohio. When the present report was written, I had supposed that the joint report of Professor Lewis and myself, upon the glacial boundary in Pennsylvania, would already have appeared; and some sentences in my remarks upon Columbiana county, Ohio, presume some degree of familiarity with the views we had presented concerning what is called the "fringe" of the boundary in Western Pennsylvania. As that report will soon appear, it is not necessary to repeat here what will so soon be accessible to the public. Furthermore, my preliminary lecture puts the reader in possession of the general facts. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.