Norway and its glaciers, visited in 1851 : followed by journals of excursions in the high Alps of Dauphné, Berne and Savoy . here and there in abundance the universal forget-me-not in full flower. Amongst the peculiar plants, themoltebeer was one of the most abundant; it grows in dampplaces. By and bye we nearly reached the sea again atQuaenvig (or the Quaens bay, vig having the same signifi-cation as uig in the names of many Highland inlets, as, forinstance, in the north-west of Skye), where are some cottagesand green fields upon the slopes of gravel terraces corres-ponding to those already m
Norway and its glaciers, visited in 1851 : followed by journals of excursions in the high Alps of Dauphné, Berne and Savoy . here and there in abundance the universal forget-me-not in full flower. Amongst the peculiar plants, themoltebeer was one of the most abundant; it grows in dampplaces. By and bye we nearly reached the sea again atQuaenvig (or the Quaens bay, vig having the same signifi-cation as uig in the names of many Highland inlets, as, forinstance, in the north-west of Skye), where are some cottagesand green fields upon the slopes of gravel terraces corres-ponding to those already mentioned, and which here arevery conspicuous from the sea, appearing to close in thebay with a sort of natural rampart. * * See the wood-cut on the next page. 92 FINMAEKEN. At and beyond Quaenvig, the fixed rocks present well-marked grooves and flutings similar to those occasioned bymodern glaciers. They are best marked on the beds of lime-stone, which here alternate with metamorphic slates, and thegeneral direction appears to be between N. and N. N. W. (true),subject, however, to local variation, depending on the con-. TERRACE3 AT QUAENVIG. figuration of the ground; and this agrees sufficiently wellwith Mr. Chamberss observations near Bosekop. After crossing the next ridge by tracks which wouldhave scared any but Norwegian horses, we descended uponBosekop, first through a stunted wood, then through greenpastures sloping towards the north, from which quarter thesun shone in our faces over the heights of Seiland. Here,for the first time, I saw a custom very characteristic of theclimate. Some cattle were reposing to the leeward of a BOSEKOP—MIDNIGHT ACTIVITY. 93 smouldering fire of turf, in order to defend themselves bymeans of the smoke from the ceaseless sting of the dreadfulmosquitos which infest these countries in summer. Everynight these fires are regularly lighted to ensure some reposefor the herds, and it was not a little curious, in weather sowarm as it was even now, n
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