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showed that it does not merely consist of the
heap of stones I noticed in 1856, which
appears like a disturbed talus cut through and
heaped up at its lower part, but that there is
another moraine adjoining it, or in continuation
with it, which is covered with vegetation, and
stretches quite across the mouth of the valley.
The Duke of Roxburgh, who is well acquainted
with this neighbourhood, having spent sixteen
summers in Arctic Norway, was one of our fellow
passengers, and told me that this moraine forms a
barrier that dams up the waters of a considerable
lake abounding with remarkably fine char. I
learned this just as the packet was starting, too
late to go on shore even for a few minutes and
obtain a view of this lake and the valley beyond.
This I regret, as it might have revealed some
explanation of the exceptional nature of this
moraine. It would be interesting to learn whether
it belongs to the greater ice age, or to that period
of minor glaciation that fashioned the farm patches
already described. The formation of the lake is
easily understood in the latter case. It is only
required that such a valley as one of those
represented on page 52 should be of larger magnitude
and of very gentle inclination at its lower part, so
that the glacier should die out before reaching
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