GLACI?

RES
OR
FREEZING CAVERNS
BY
EDWIN SWIFT BALCH
A. B. (Harvard); F. R. G. S.
Member of the Franklin Institute
Of the Appalachian Mountain Club
Of the American Philosophical Society
Author of Mountain Exploration, &c.
Philadelphia
ALLEN, LANE & SCOTT
1900
Copyright, 1900, by
EDWIN SWIFT BALCH.
Press of
ALLEN, LANE & SCOTT,
Philadelphia, Pa.
THIS BOOK IS
AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED TO
MY MOTHER,
WHOSE DEEP INTEREST IN
MY WORK HAS
HELPED ME GREATLY.
PRELIMINARY NOTE.
Many kind friends have given me information about glaci?res or assistance in my
work. I am especially indebted to Mr. Robert Butler, of San Jos, Cal.; Mr. F. H.
Cushing, of Washington, D. C.; Professor Charles E. Fay, of Tufts College, Mass.
; Professor Eberhard Fugger, of Salzburg, Austria; Mr. Alois F. Kovarik, of Deco
rah, Iowa; Monsieur E. A. Martel, of Paris, France; Mr. John Ritchie, Jr., of Bo
ston, Mass.; Professor I. C. Russell, of Ann Arbor, Mich.; Miss H. Varena, of Wi
esbaden, Germany; and Miss Mary Coxe, Mr. G. L. Farnum, Mr. J. E. Farnum, Mr. F.
L. Garrison, Mr. W. C. Hall, Mr. E. I. H. Howell, Mrs. Horace Jayne, Mr. W. E.
Meehan, Mr. C. J. Nicholson, Mr. G. B. Phillips, Mr. Bunford Samuel, Mr. W. W. W
agner, and Dr. W. H. Wahl, of Philadelphia. I wish to acknowledge also the help
I have derived from the Biblioth?que Nationale and the library of the British Mu
seum.
E. S. B.
Philadelphia, February the 10th, 1900.