Till
Glacial drift is a general term for the coarsely graded and extremely heterogeneous sediments of glacial origin. Glacial Till is that part of glacial drift which was deposited directly by the glacier. It may vary from clays to mixtures of clay, sand, gravel and boulders. A particularly sticky form of clay till is called gumbo[?]. Clay in till may form balls called till balls. If a till ball rolls around in a stream and picks up rocks from the bed of the stream and becomes covered with them it may become an armored till ball.Till is deposited at the terminal moraine and along the lateral moraines of a glacier. As a glacier melts, epecially a continental glacier large amounts of till are deposits by the rivers flowing from the glacier and in any lakes[?] which may form. Till may contain alluvial deposits of gems or other valuable ore picked up by the glacier during its advance, for example the diamonds found in Wisconsin and Indiana.
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for the encounter, before they began a dastardly retreat, and left the
strength of the Moorish chivalry.html">chivalry, men accustomed in many a border foray to
their wonted gallantry. The conflict, so well disputed, remained doubtful
chieftain Ali Atar, "the best lance," as a Castilian writer has styled
wounds, and thus escaped by an honorable death the melancholy spectacle of
though hard pressed by the Spaniards, they retreated in some order, until
infantry, vainly attempting a passage across the stream.html">stream, swollen by
now became universal, horse and foot mingling together; each one, heedful
stream, were borne down, steed and rider, promiscuously in its waters.
by the pitiless Spaniards. The young king Abdallah, who had been
milk-white charger richly caparisoned, saw fifty of his loyal guard fall
river, he quietly dismounted and sought a shelter among the reedy thickets
over. In this lurking-place, however, he was discovered by a common
instantly attacked him. The prince.html">prince defended himself with his scimitar,
him prisoner. The men, overjoyed at their prize (for Abdallah had revealed
their general, the count of Cabra. The latter received the royal captive
recognized as a feature of chivalry, affords a pleasing contrast to the
unfortunate prince all the consolations which his state would admit; and
with the most delicate and courtly.
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