76 Robert Chambers, Esq., on Changes of the 
exact site of Hof is probably a few feet lower, as not being 
at the highest point of the terrace. By M. Von Buch the 
elevation of Hof is given as 945 Paris feet above the sea; by 
another observer it is placed somewhat lower. The mean, 
given by Professor Keilhau, is 960 Rhenish feet. It appears 
probable, that the former relative position of the sea is, in 
this instance, elevated between 990 and 1000 English feet. 
I have now to lead attention to the shores of the provinces 
of Nordlands and Finmark, only previously remarking, that 
in the intermediate coast there are no terraces of any kind 
visible from the open sea, there being, in reality, scarcely 
any detrital formations there, while the rocks are so smooth- 
ed by glacial action, as to have afforded little inlet to the 
erosive power of the waves. It is not till we reach the Island 
of Hindée, one of the Lofoden group, that any such markings 
are presented. In Raft Sund, on the south-west side of that 
island, about latitude 68° 20’, two faint terraces of erosion are 
traceable. They are also seen on both sides of the strait 
between the island and the mainland. At Trondinaes, the 
northern point of the island, where there is a recess of com- 
paratively soft ground in the iron-bound coast, these two 
lines are more conspicuous, forming indentations in the 
grassy slopes; while, in the rocky cliffs, they appear as 
strongly-marked terraces of erosion. A rough little island, 
called Magie, at this place, is cinctured with these terraces of 
erosion, exactly like the hill of Sverrosborg, but in a more 
marked manner, for here the waves of the ancient sea have 
had to deal with strata of unequal hardness ; therefore, some 
masses are left starting up in sharp ridges and rude columns 
above the general floor of the terrace, which is nevertheless 
sufficiently well-defined. In all circumstances, the two lines 
seem to preserve their respective heights undeviatingly, the 
one being apparently about 50 feet high, and the second 100 
feet higher. 
In an inlet of the Island of Anderide, a few miles from 
Hindée, I observed three terraces at a place called Ibbestad, 
all apparently under 100 feet, and therefore, presumably, a 
different system from those hitherto noticed. 
Farther north, after passing the great inlet of Balsfiord, we 
