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found that these banks are composed of till, the
confirmation will be positive and complete.
Outside these sea banks is another fringe
extending from 70 to 140 English miles from the
shore. This is a rocky sea bottom, at a depth of
600 to 1800 feet, strewn with boulders “whose
smooth rounded forms and worn edges clearly
enough show that they had at one time been
subjected to the powerful action of ice.”
This, again, is exactly what we ought to find if
I am right; for this fringe would be the region of
floating icebergs detached from the outer ice-wall,
and these icebergs would carry only such boulders;
as the bottom thawing, for which I contend, would
have washed out the lower accumulation of slimy
débris, before the glacier had reached its ultimate
out-thinning and final iceberg dispersion.
In mercy to my readers I will say no more about
glaciers, but simply tell them that after a few hours’
exploration of Gottenburg, we embarked on the
‘Mary’ for London; and really will conclude this
time, only halting to express a hope that they
may close this book with feelings somewhat akin
to those with which I bade farewell to Norway.
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