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one of the first demands it made was that I should
find the till at the lower part of the great terraces.
As the reader already knows, I found it
accordingly as the basis of the terraces of the Nid valley;
and besides this, I observed another confirmation
in the fact that, so far as I could learn from the
sections made by lateral rivulets, each of the
terraces was topped or floored on its flat upper surface
with a loose deposit, such as might be formed by
the breaking up and redeposition of the stiff stony
clay which forms the lower portions of each terrace.
As the proprietor of an original theory is
usually an intolerable bore, I will say no more about
mine at present, but let it exude spontaneously
as I proceed.
We were at Trondhjem, belated by the
unpunctual ‘Arcturus,’ when I started upon this
glacial outbreak. The 15th and 16th July were
spent in exploring the town and the Nid valley.
Instead of waiting a whole week for the next
packet that goes round the North Cape to the
Varangerfjord, we determine to proceed
northwards by the Danish packet, which runs between
Stettin and Tromsö, calling at many intermediate
stations. We hope by this means to catch the
midnight sun at Tromsö and there await the
North Cape packet. This will add to our Arctic
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