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I have not, however, confined myself to the bare
narrative of these travelling incidents, but have
occasionally run off the track to follow up some
collateral subjects that have started on the way.
This is especially the case with the phenomena and
philosophy of the ancient glaciation of
Scandinavia. I have even ventured to expound an
original theory of the mode of formation of that
remarkable legacy of the “great ice age,” the
stony clay or “till;” and, besides this, have
described some hitherto unnoticed glacial phenomena
on the coast of Norway, which controvert the
statements made by some of our most eminent
geologists concerning the thickness and
extension of the ancient “mer de glace” of Northern
Europe.
In order to render these and other glacial
interludes intelligible and interesting to all readers, the
second chapter is devoted to a popular elementary
essay on the phenomena and philosophy of glaciers,
and all the subsequent disquisitions on this subject
are written in a popular, explanatory, and, I hope,
a readable style.
For the illustrations, I am partly indebted to
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