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266 THROUGH NOR WA Y WITH LADIES.
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ancient glaciers. That which I have drawn is
a typical example, bached by obviously glaciated
hills. If I am right, the farm-patch occupies the
lower end of the glacier bed, where the ice has
spread out on comparatively flat ground, after
journeying down the steep slopes above, and just
before its final precipitation into the fjord below.
In chapters xi. and xii. of ‘ Through Norway with
a Knapsack,’ I have described some existing
glaciers of the Justedal, which thus advance to the
edge of precipices, then form bending cornices of
ice, which finally break and fall.
I noted especially, that there is usually a small
waterfall pouring from the midst, or the immediate
vicinity of these farms. This confirms the
hypothesis of their glacial origin, inasmuch as the
ancient course of the ice drainage would
correspond with the present course of water drainage.
The Robinson Crusoes who own and till these
solitary oases are wonderfully versatile in their
practical attainments. They build their own
houses, make their own furniture, are coopers,
basket makers, boat builders, and, in fact, jacks of
all trades, or could not exist so far removed from
communication with their fellow creatures. They
rarely send for the doctor, and yet are remarkably
long-lived. I will not be so cynical as to insinuate
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