EXCURSION TO KLEIX PENDULUM. 



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of the year it was not motionless. The lower part stood 

 so far behind the upper, that we were bound to conclude 

 that the upper strata moved forwards quicker than the 

 under. It seemed as if very recently many large ice- 

 blocks had fallen, and others hung in such dangerous 

 positions that we dared not venture nearer, even to get 

 some loose stones scattered among the ice. The aneroid 



HUHNEKliEKG GLACIEK. 



barometer gave the height of the lower edge of the 

 glacier at 370 feet above the level of the sea. Pansch 

 sketched while Oopeland took observations. The whole 

 of that night the thermometer stood at 22° below zero, 

 but we were so heavily covered with woollen clothing that 

 we did not suffer. 



