Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal (1852) Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal edinburghnewphil531852 Year: 1852 baa <89gfilliv no ataoi i <08£&; gniah l&;b odT ,teo\ •giau'iQ eAi lo ua 9dj b9d0fi91 ^eilvsv lulii w orfo moil L L, edJ bat The above figure is a section across the valley of Hash, the limestone mountains on the two sides of the valley ; R, the crest of the Brunig Pass ; b, blocks on the north side of the Pass, form- ing part of a straggling line which extends to the lake of the Four Cantons, fifteen miles distant; 6', Blocks on the south side of the Pass, which are more num
Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal (1852) Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal edinburghnewphil531852 Year: 1852 baa <89gfilliv no ataoi i <08£&; gniah l&;b odT ,teo\ •giau'iQ eAi lo ua 9dj b9d0fi91 ^eilvsv lulii w orfo moil L L, edJ bat The above figure is a section across the valley of Hash, the limestone mountains on the two sides of the valley ; R, the crest of the Brunig Pass ; b, blocks on the north side of the Pass, form- ing part of a straggling line which extends to the lake of the Four Cantons, fifteen miles distant; 6', Blocks on the south side of the Pass, which are more numerous and rflore closely grouped; k, the opposite or south wall of the valley, at the point where the channel of the Reichenbach stream crosses it; b', numerous boulders of crys- talline rock, lying on the declivity up to the very brow. My impres- sion is that the height of the rocks at k is about the same with those at R, but I have no ascertained measurement to rely on. While R, however, is the top of a narrow ridge, k is the lower end of a decli- vity which extends south-west five miles to the Scheideck Pass (p in the map), where it attains an elevation of 4400 feet above the val- ley of Hasli at Meyringen. Now, when I state that over all the live miles primary boulders occur, it must not be concluded that they came from the upper part of the valley of Hash. They travelled by a different route. The two glaciers of Grindelwald giving birth to the two rivulets at W in the map, and the glacier of Rosenlaui at N, have their termination in the limestone ridge W N, but that ridge is narrow, and these glaciers have their origin in an extensive
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