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Excerpt from The American Geologist, 1902, Vol. 30: A Monthly Journal of Geology and Allied Sciences It is recognized by all that eskers must represent the wan ing stage of the ice-sheet; and probably the extent of basal melting during this stage is generallyunderestimated; but still few will question that it is to the surface melting or abla tion of the ice that we must look for the main source of water for the glacial streams, whether superglacial or subglacial. 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.