Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 338
f lavaand pushed themdown the mountain-sides, where therocks had been softened by the action of steam, the icewore out deep valleys, and everything that it touchedwas smoothed and polished. The winter of the greatIce age lasted a very long time, many thousands ofyears; but, long as it was and long… … Cutting Deep Gorges or Canons. 308 A Book of Natural History longer. The south winds blew and the ice meltedaway, first from the plain and then from the moun-tains. The water ran down the sides of the lava-bed,cutting deep gorges or canons, so deep that the suncan hardly see the bottom. And into…
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