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(1877) [MARC] Author: W. Mattieu Williams
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CHAPTER XI.



Snehaetten invisible — Incomprehensible beefsteaks — Solution of the
mystery — Ultramarine-blue blood — Fluctuations of scenery due
to changes of weather — Mine hostess of Dombaas again — A
geological puzzle — My theory of the origin of the till — Inverted
structure of ancient glaciers and submarine deposits — The “ground
moraine” theory of the till and its insuperable difficulties — Great
submergence during glacial epoch — Effect of a Polar ice cap upon
the sea level — The anomalous deposit on the Dovrefjeld, and its
probable origin — The last legacy of the dying glacier.

We were unable to see anything of Snehaetten.
The weather being so bad, the mountains were
never clear of cloud. We had a good dinner at
Kongsvold. Fish, stewed game of some sort,
ptarmigans I suppose, and a substance of animal
origin to which the name of beefsteak was applied.
We were subsequently served with this at several
stations, but were unable to solve the mystery
of its composition, the host of the station being
strangely reticent on all occasions. It evidently
consists of muscular fibre, is brown and tough,
but has no special flavour of any particular
animal. We were divided in opinion concerning
its zoological classification; some thought it

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