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70 THROUGH NORWAY WITII A KNAPSACK.
to Meelhaus station I counted five of these, one above
the other, and perfectly parallel. From the course of
the river and configuration of the valley, as shown in
the map, I suspect that these terraces have been formed
in an estuary which has been rendered high and dry by
an uplifting of the land. If so, all the neighbouring
valleys that carry considerable rivers into the sea
should present similar phenomena more or less decidedly
marked. That this is the case with some of them, I
know from reading the accounts of other travellers. It
is the general opinion of geologists, more particularly
of the local geologists, that the whole of Scandinavia
has been uplifted at a geologically recent period. The
reader should bear this in mind, and we will look out
for any additional indications of the kind that may
present themselves in our future wanderings together.
I dined to-day at Leer station. Some excellent ale
was brought in a kind of pail the shape of a truncated
cone, and capable of holding about a gallon and a half.
There had been a wedding some days before, and the
festivities had not fairly ceased; this ale I suspect
was specially provided for the feast, for the pail was
handed about freely to all comers, who were numerous,
as there are many farms hereabouts.
Among the many visitors was a party of old folks,
chiefly women, who were making a substantial repast,
and for the first time I witnessed the old Norwegian
custom of shaking, or rather grasping, hands all round.
It is done very deliberately, almost solemnly, like a
grace after meat. Every one grasps the hand of every
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