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erected on the summit of the* bare solid rocky bills of primary 

 formation, several hundred feet above tbe level of the water, 

 and overlooking a panorama of fjords, sounds, barren islands 

 and desolate coast, with tbe open seas beyond, and with the 

 sun sinking below the horizon. The waves strike at their 

 base, and with the wind sing mournfully a requiem over the 

 forgotten dead ; their work is done, the glorious mission they 

 had to accomplish in the history of the world is ended, the 

 mighty drama of the sword is closed. 



It is towards evening, before the twilight, fades gradually 



Fig. 709. ('aim, Bohuslan, Sweden. 



into darkness, that the scene of this weird landscape is most 

 impressive, and no one can really imagine its effects until 

 he stands upon the spot and sees the view spread before him. 



In some parts of Norway the contrast is often great in the 

 extreme ; the mounds there have huge mountains in the back- 

 ground with their summits clad in snow, and in the foreground 

 the grand open sea. One of the bleakest spots in the country, 

 where these have been erected, is on the flat gravelly coast of 

 Lyster, which lies between the mountain and the sea ; there, 

 over the last resting-places of those warriors, the wind blows 



