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Fahrenheit�察  �and   in   that    condition   shoved   their   way   up   somewhere   or 

other    through     these    slates。    But    where�拭    �whence     on   earth   did  these 

Syenite pebbles come�拭            �Let us walk round to the cliff on the opposite 

side and see。      It is   worth while�察�for even if my guess be wrong�察�there is 

good spinning        with a brass minnow round the angles of the rocks。 

     Now   see。     Between   the   cliff´foot   and   the   sloping   down   is   a   crack�察�

ending in a gully�察�the nearer side is of slate�察�and the further              side�察�the cliff 

itself�察�is ´ why�察�the whole cliff is composed of             the very same stone as the 

pebble ridge。 

     Now�察�my good friend�察�how did these pebbles get three hundred yards 

across the lake�拭      �Hundreds of tons�察�some of them three feet long�此                 �who 

carried     them    across�拭     �The     old    Cymry     were     not   likely   to   amuse 

themselves by making such a breakwater up here in No´man's´land�察                        �two 



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thousand   feet   above   the   sea�此   �but   somebody   or   something   must         have 

carried them�察�for stones do not fly�察�nor swim either。 

     Shot out of a volcano�拭         �As you seem determined to have a prodigy�察�

it may as well be a sufficiently huge one。 

     Well   ´   these   stones   lie   altogether�察  �and   a   volcano   would   have   hardly 

made   so     compact   a   shot�察  �not   being   in   the   habit   of   using   Eley's  wire 

cartridges。     Our next hope of a solution lies in John Jones�察�who                 carried 

up the coracle。      Hail him�察�and ask him what is on the top             of that cliff 。 。 。 

So�察 �Plainshe and pogshe�察�and another Llyn。;                   Very good。       Now�察�does 

it  not   strike  you    that  this  whole    cliff  has  a   remarkably       smooth    and 

plastered look�察�like a hare's run up an            earthbank�拭      �And do you not see 

that it is polished thus only over          the lake�拭�that as soon as the cliff abuts 

on   the   downs   right   and    left�察  �it   forms   pinnacles�察  �caves�察  �broken   angular 

boulders�拭      �Syenite     usually     does   so   in  our   damp     climate�察  �from    the 

;weathering; effect         of frost and rain�此     �why has it not done so over the 

lake�拭    �On that     part something ��giants perhaps�� has been scrambling up 

or down on a        very large scale�察�and so rubbed off every corner which was 

inclined     to come away�察�till the solid core of the rock was bared。                   And 

may     not those mysterious giants have had a hand in carrying the stones 

across the lake�拭 � 。 。 Really�察�I am not altogether jesting。              Think      a while 

what   agent   could   possibly   have   produced   either   one   or   both      of   these 

effects�拭�

     There   is   but   one�察  �and   that�察  �if   you   have   been   an   Alpine   traveller   ´ 

much more if you have been a Chamois hunter ´ you have seen many a 

time ��whether you knew it or not�� at the very same work。 

     Ice�拭   �Yes�察�ice�察�Hrymir the frost´giant�察�and no one else。              And if     you 

will look at the facts�察�you will see how ice may have done it。                  Our friend 

John Jones's report of plains and bogs and a lake above                    makes it quite 

possible that in the ;Ice age; ��Glacial Epoch�察�as                the big´word´mongers 

call it�� there was above that cliff a great          neve�察�or snowfield�察�such as you 

have seen often in the Alps at the          head of each glacier。        Over the face of 

this cliff a glacier has      crawled down from that neve�察�polishing the face of 

the rock in its      descent�此    �but the snow�察�having no large and deep outlet�察�

has   not    slid   down   in   a   sufficient   stream   to   reach   the   vale   below�察  �and 



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form     a glacier of the first order�察�and has therefore stopped short on               the 

other side of the lake�察�as a glacier of the second order�察�which                ends in an 

ice´cliff   hanging   high   up   on   the   mountain   side�察  �and   kept  from   further 

progress by daily melting。          If you have ever gone up          the Mer de Glace 

to the Tacul�察�you saw a magnificent specimen of                 this sort on your right 

hand�察�just opposite the Tacul�察�in the           Glacier de Trelaporte�察�which comes 

down from the Aiguille de          Charmoz。 

     This    explains     our   pebble´ridge。      The     stones    which     the   glacier 

rubbed off the cliff beneath it it carried forward�察�slowly but                 surely�察�till 

they saw the light again in the face of the ice´cliff�察           �and dropped out of it 

under   the   melting   of   the   summer   sun�察  �to   form   a   huge   dam   across   the 

ravine�察�till�察�the ;Ice age; past�察�a more         genial climate succeeded�察�and neve 

and   glacier   melted     away�此   �but    the   ;moraine;   of   stones     did   not�察 �and 

remains to this day�察�as the        dam which keeps up the waters of the lake。 

     There     is  my    explanation。      If   you    can   find   a  better�察  �do�此   �but 

remember       always    that  it  must   include    an   answer    to  ´  ;How     did  the 

stones get across the lake�拭─�

       Now�察�reader�察�we have had no abstruse science here�察�no long words�察�

not even a microscope or a book�此            �and yet we�察�as two plain          sportsmen�察�

have   gone   back�察�or   been led   back by  fact   and  common           sense�察 �into   the 

most awful and sublime depths�察�into an epos of the                  destruction and re´ 

creation of a former world。 

     This    is  but  a  single   instance�察   �I  might   give   hundreds。      This    one�察�

nevertheless�察�may have some effect in awakening you to the                      boundless 

world of wonders which is all around you�察�and make   you                     ask   yourself 

seriously�察 �What branch of Natural History shall I              begin to investigate�察�if 

it be but for a few weeks�察�this summer�拭─�

     To which I answer�察�Try ;the Wonders of the Shore。;                 There are along 

every   sea´beach   more   strange   things   to   be   seen�察  �and   those   to   be  seen 

easily�察�than in any other field of observation which you will                find in these 

islands。    And on the shore only will you have the               enjoyment of finding 

new species�察�of adding your mite to the            treasures of science。 

     For not only the English ferns�察�but the natural history of all our                land 

species�察    �are   now     well´nigh     exhausted。       Our     home     botanists     and 



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ornithologists are spending their time now�察�perforce�察�in verifying                      a few 

obscure   species�察  �and   bemoaning   themselves�察  �like Alexander�察              �that   there 

are no more worlds left to conquer。               For the geologist�察       �indeed�察�and the 

entomologist�察  �especially   in   the   remoter   districts�察       �much   remains   to   be 

done�察  �but   only   at   a   heavy   outlay   of   time�察  �labour�察  �and   study�察  �and   the 

dilettante   ��and   it   is   for   dilettanti�察�like   myself�察  �that   I   principally   write�� 

must be content to tread in           the tracks of greater men who have preceded 

him�察�and accept at        second or third hand their foregone conclusions。 

     But this is most unsatisfactory�察�for in giving up discovery�察�one                    gives 

up    one   of   the   highest    enjoyments      of   Natural    History。     There      is   a 

mysterious   delight   in   the   discovery   of   a   new   species�察  �akin   to      that   of 

seeing   for   the   first   time�察  �in   their   native   haunts�察  �plants  or   animals   of 

which one has till then only read。             Some�察�surely�察�who          read these pages 

have experienced that latter delight�察�and�察�though                 they might find it hard 

to   define    whence     the   pleasure    arose�察  �know      well    that  it  was   a  solid 

pleasure�察  �the   memory   of   which   they   would         not   give   up   for   hard   cash。 

Some�察�surely�察�can recollect�察�at their             first sight of the Alpine Soldanella�察�

the   Rhododendron�察  �or   the       black   Orchis�察  �growing   upon   the   edge   of   the 

eternal snow�察�a thrill       of emotion not unmixed with awe�察�a sense that they 

were�察�as it     were�察�brought face to face with the creatures of another world�察�

that Nature was independent of them�察�not merely they of her�察�that                        trees 

were not merely made to build their houses�察�or herbs to feed                     their cattle�察�

as they looked on those wild gardens amid the wreaths                     of the untrodden 

snow�察�which had lifted their gay flowers to the                 sun year after year since 

the   foundation   of   the   world�察  �taking   no     heed   of   man�察  �and   all   the   coil 

which he keeps in the valleys far            below。 

     And even�察�to take a simpler instance�察�there are those who will                    excuse�察�

or even approve of�察�a writer for saying that�察�among the                      memories of a 

month's   eventful   tour�察  �those   which        stand   out   as   beacon´points�察      �those 

round which all the others group themselves�察                 �are the first wolf´track by 

the road´side in the Kyllwald�察�the            first sight of the b

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