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leaf pine is abundant, but
our northern evergreens are
absent. Have seen two small
long-leaved, possibly yellow,
also tulip trees
There is an important
change in the geology of the
region. Instead of boulders
and moss polishes ledges
of gravel, we have a sedi-
mentary deposit, often
clayey, sometimes red from
impregnation of iron, gently
undulating fields and
fertile soil. We have left
no moraines and
boulders of the glacial