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ing, more common at Kvalbo, for it can hardly be explained 

 by the somewhat more southerly position of the latter. 



Lastly, it must be borne in mind, that all these observations 

 are made in piaces situated by the sea, but unfortunately, nothing 

 is known for certain regarding the high lands, which will doubtless 

 prove very different from the lowlands. So much is known that 

 it is considerably colder there, and therefore the snow falls earlier 

 and lies longer. 



