1875 



BEVERLEY GUFFS. 



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them the inland ice- 

 cap was visible, and 

 down the ravines 

 between the dark 

 walls of rock many 

 glaciers made then- 

 way into the sea. 

 Several of these gla- 

 ciers showed con- 

 spicuous medial and 

 lateral moraines, and 

 some of the smaller 

 ones that had not 

 reached the sea, ter- 

 minal moraines. A 

 few patches of red- 

 coloured snow ap- 

 peared in sheltered 

 hollows, but it re- 

 quired the aid of a 

 glass to distinguish 

 it. A yellow lichen 

 growing over the 

 cliffs gave a brilliant 

 colouring to some 

 of the rocky slopes. 

 Myriads of little 

 auks were breeding 

 in these cliffs ; they 

 flew from the water 

 to the land with 

 their cheeks puffed 



