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whole of the vast extent of the Dovre Fjeld; that if they could have
moved over such inconsiderable slopes, the motion must have been
nearly insensible; — that the traces of such ancient ice-formations (if
they existed) must be sought in the deep valleys or outlets of the
fjeld, where the true glaciers must have protruded themselves from
under the snow line with a considerable declivity,” &c. (“Norway
and its Glaciers,” pp. 24 and 25.) These remarks apply to the Dovre
Fjeld, the great plateau about 2,000 feet above Laurgaard. The
heaps I have referred to may be the moraines of such true glacier
outlets, the valley above Laurgaard being an outlet to the Dovre
Fjeld; or they may be moraines of a glacial outlet of a similar
icefield on the Sogne Fjeld, the glaciers from which may have flowed
down the valley to the west of Laurgaard. I regret now that I did
not devote a little time to the careful examination of these heaps.
It will be worth the while of a future tourist who is interested in
this subject to do so; to ascertain accurately the extent and course
of the ridge of blocks, and their mineralogical character, and to
ascertain whether they correspond with the mountains immediately
above them, or with those nearer to the Dovre Fjeld or the Sogne
Fjeld. If these be true moraines, and others of a similar kind be
found, and traced to the Sogne and Dovre Fjelds, these great plateaus
must at one time have been similar to the present Jostedal and
Folgefond snow-fields, which thrust their icy torrents down lateral
gorges into the valleys below.
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