. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal. .Erratics of the A lps. 289 stone rises here to the height of 200 or 250 feet behind the Croix Blanche Hotel, and exceeds a furlong in length. :f}0 &fa lbbna ^^ tad t9ijsl edt 5hb airiq eth evods teoi 06S io 002 taoda 9-i9w tried 9fIT .noikvolo 19^9'it) ^ i& g$M%oh-faw 9'ioxlj i&fo iduob on ovjsH I TrrrrrrnTJTTTTTTtrTTTTTTTn ~ — h-kw bnuo-i-g i9qqu 3J3q8DlJ B 9moo9d ol |o dn&d A ol 9fli gaols 9H0D airi j lo "Jo y^oIJjsv 9ifr has ifl-oioil ni -ioJ v/io^ianx 1o b9aoqrnoo ^i Jr -av^o i9fh0 9no ajnags'iqsi 8 o-. j'O #li f ii3 fl9lfotaJ .f
. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal. .Erratics of the A lps. 289 stone rises here to the height of 200 or 250 feet behind the Croix Blanche Hotel, and exceeds a furlong in length. :f}0 &fa lbbna ^^ tad t9ijsl edt 5hb airiq eth evods teoi 06S io 002 taoda 9-i9w tried 9fIT .noikvolo 19^9'it) ^ i& g$M%oh-faw 9'ioxlj i&fo iduob on ovjsH I TrrrrrrnTJTTTTTTtrTTTTTTTn ~ — h-kw bnuo-i-g i9qqu 3J3q8DlJ B 9moo9d ol |o dn&d A ol 9fli gaols 9H0D airi j lo "Jo y^oIJjsv 9ifr has ifl-oioil ni -ioJ v/io^ianx 1o b9aoqrnoo ^i Jr -av^o i9fh0 9no ajnags'iqsi 8 o-. j'O #li f ii3 fl9lfotaJ .fbgnH^i 9lim £ li&d d,8[Iirf*9fl/mo'il nwoh ^niifain ain9*i o ^fljjfft baa t^nlo fio baha has lev^i^ ewstaua edJ no gnivj o'ifi aiooi enilLsi Figure 4 is a view of this ridge from the lake, e its east, and g its west end. The dots at a and under // and g are travelled blocks resting on the top and sides ; h is the hotel, and t a mimic wooden temple. Figure 5 is a section across the ridge. L, the foot of the limestone mountain, which rises to the height of 2000 feet; R, the ridge; a and 6, boulders of granite or gneiss resting on the steep ac- clivities or the top; A, the position of the hotel; and B, the lake of Brienz. The boulders are of all sizes up to three yards in length, and the larger ones have their angles quite sharp. One of eight feet in length at a on the south side, rests on a surface so highly m? dined, that if, when lodged here, it had been dropped from a height of two or three feet, it would certainly have descended to the bottom of the precipice. Many small blocks of granite may be seen built into a wall below b. They are generally rounded, and some of them were perhaps brought from the top or upper part. The west end of the ridge g is the broader, and is covered with soil as well as boulders ; at the east end (e) the bare rock projects, and there is little soil and no boulders. It is the phenomenon of " Crag and Tail," so well known in Scotland
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