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old ‘Constitutione.’ It passes through the
Vefsenfjord to call at Vefsen station, instead of outside
of Alstenö, and thus shows the backs of the sisters.
The captain showed us the genuine family, but
did not explain their gyration. My own
geographical notions were muddled, having just
turned out of bed. The fact that there are several
similar groups, is probably due to similar agencies
operating in each case; to the sweep of glaciers
that have crossed a ridge of mountain, and
excavated a row of similar hollows, leaving between
them a row of peaks, all having a remarkable
family likeness. The exact number of seven, like
the seven hills of Rome and of Constantinople, is
determined by the ingenuity that is exercised in
counting them.
The engraving will enable the reader to
understand how their formation may have been effected
by glacier erosion. The original and all the spurious
Seven Sisters stand in a row running at right
angles to the general course of glacial outflow
from the land to the sea. Supposing a steep
mountain ridge to have originally occupied their
place, the great ice sheet, coming from the east,
must have been thrust against the eastern side of
the ridge very forcibly, then reared up its slope
by the pressure from behind, and finally forced
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