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adopted at the line of a path marked by the feet of men and 
wild animals. The range of vertical space involved by the 
terrace floor and the cliff is from 20 to 25 feet. 
The next station of observation was on the south side of 
the entrance to Leeristiord on the mainland. The upper ter- 
race is there about 170 feet. It now becomes comparatively 
obscure, while the lower entirely escapes observation. In 
the next recess, called Komagfiord, the latter forms a green 
mound or terrace of fertile meadow-ground all the way 
round at from 57 to 64 feet. The upper line is very faint, 
and it is difficult to say in what manner it is produced. It 
was not till after many examinations and sightings of the 
one side of the valley from the other, that I determined its 
elevation at 179 feet. M. Bravais, who seems to have been 
under the same difficulty with it, states its elevation at a few 
feet less. : 
It will have been observed, that the rise of at least the 
upper terrace continues without any interruption throughout 
the whole of the twenty-five miles within which it is so dis- 
tinct. From 85 feet at Hammerfest and Hoiée, it has be- 
come 179, or 94 feet higher, at Komagfiord. The lower line, 
though more obscure, and less liable to exact measurement, 
also manifestly rises within a more limited space, namely, 
from about 44 at Molstrand to 64 at Komagfiord. 
That the markings were made by the sea is, I presume, 
admitted on all hands. That the land involved in the case 
has made two angular movements, first, one subsequent to 
the time when the higher shelf was formed, and then another 
subsequent to the time when the lower line was impressed, 
seems also beyond question. These two positions are laid 
down by M. Bravais, and I believe they are not to be shaken. 
There remain, however, some interesting points of inquiry, 
as whether the movement has been regular, in what direc- 
tion it has been made, and where was the axis of rest ? 
That the movement has been regular does, I think, appear 
from the measurements now presented ; but this point can 
only be fully settled in connection with the next question, 
which regards the direction in which the movement has taken 
place. It will be observed, that the series of elevations from 
