Motion of the Glacier of the IHndur. 



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raine, and of a conspicuous rock lying not far from the middle 

 of the glacier. 



The results of these observations are : — 



The comparison of the motion of the lower and upper parts 

 of the glacier is : — 



At the time of my visit to the glacier hardly any of the 

 last winter's snow remained on its surface. The weather, 

 which was tolerably fine up to the 22d May, after that day 

 became very bad. Besides a good deal of rain, about 3 

 inches of snow fell on the 23d, and as much on the 24th, and 

 on the morning of the 25th, the clearer parts of the upper 

 end of the glacier were still covered with snow, though it 

 had melted on the moraines and open ground near the 



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