...which has excited the admiration of all who have seen it under favourable circumstances. THE MORAINES. (8.) THE surface of the glacier does not long retain...ledge, the cohesion of some being proof against the shock which they experience ; while others, when they hit the rocks, burst like bomb-shells, and shower...

...confirms a very reasonable hypothesis. " The glacier is flanked by mountains which are washed by raini dislocated by frost, riven by lightning, traversed...let loose, which come jumping from ledge to ledge, tho cohesion of some being proof against the shocks which they experience ; while others, when they...

...accumulations have thus been graphically described by Professor Tyndall in his " Glaciers of the Alps : " — " The surface of the glacier does not long retain the...falls upon the ice where it touches the rocks. Large blocks are continually let loose, which come jumping from ledge to ledge ; the cohesion of some being...

...one to suppose that it was acquired posterior to the publication of his Glaciers of the Alps : — " The lighter debris is scattered by the winds far and...rattles at intervals down the sides of the mountains, aud falls upon the ice where it touches the rocks. Large rocks are continually let loose, which come...

...probably the most scientific authority on the subject, thus treats of the moraines:— "The glacier is flanked by mountains, which are washed by rain,...the cohesion of some being proof against the shocks they experience, while others, when they hit the rocks, burst like bombshells and shiver their fragments...

...riven by lightning, traversed by avalanches, and swept by storms. * See medial moraines in Appendix. The lighter debris is scattered by the winds far and...the sides of the mountains, and falls upon the ice whe'v it touches the rocks. Large blocks are continually let loose, which come jumping from ledge to...

...moraines iu Appendix. GLACIAL BURTHENS The lighter d fibrin is scattered by the winds far and wide ovef the glacier, sullying the purity of its surface. Loose...the sides of the mountains, and falls upon the ice when? it touches the rocks Large blocks are continually let loose, which come jumping from ledge to...

...far and wide over the glacier sullying the purity of its surface. Loose shingle at intervals rattles down the sides of the mountains, and falls upon the...being proof against the shocks which they experience; whilst others when they hit the rocks, burst like bomb-shells, and shower their fragments upon the...

...lead one to suppose that it was acquired posterior to the publication of his Glacicrs of the Alns: — "The lighter debris is scattered by the winds far...intervals down the sides of the mountains, and falls upon tiie ice where it touches the rocks. Large rocks are continually let loose, which come jumping from...