1 66 NOTES. [P. 36-48. 



Page 36. I. versteinerte Abrasion, cannot be translated literally, 

 it is equivalent, here, to evidence of an ancient erosion interval (i.e. 

 proof of the existence of a fossil ocean) . 



2. Salzkammergut, lit., "salt crown-land," an Alpine district and im- 

 perial domain lying in the southern part of upper Austria. Because of its 

 numerous Alpine lakes and other natural beauties, it is frequently called 

 " the Austrian Switzerland." As the name suggests, salt-works abound. 



Page 39. i. Kantschindschinka, Kunchinjinga, the third highest 

 peak of the Himalayas, the two higher being Everest and Godwin-Austen. 



2. Dardschiling, Darjiling, or Darjeeling, a town in Bengal, British 

 India. On account of the clearness of the air, one has a fine view, look- 

 ing northward, of the Himalayas. 



3. Mittelgebirge. Mountain-ranges are divided, in Germany, according 

 to height, into Hochgebirge (those over 1500 meters), Mittelgebirge (those 

 between 500 and i5OOm) and niedrige Gebirge, including Hiigelland 

 (those below 500 m). Trans., secondary mountains, or simply mountains. 



4. brechen in die Tiefe, sink. 



Page 41. i. Poseidon, in Grecian mythology, god of the sea, cor- 

 responding to the Roman god, Neptune. 



Page 43. i. Smithsund, Smith sound, a sea passage in the Arctic 

 regions leading northward from Baffin bay. 



Page 45. I. kalbt, calves, i.e. loosens and throws off a body of 

 ice (said of a glacier) . 



Page 47. i. Scheffels launiges Gedicht. The poem referred to is 

 " Der erratische Block " found in " Gaudeamus," a collection of popular, 

 humorous poems by Joseph Victor von Scheffel, a prominent German poet 

 and novelist (1826-1886). 



2. sollten, were said. 



3. wenn . . . auch, see page 7, note 2. 



Page 48. i. Andreas Achenbach, a prominent German landscape 

 and marine painter, born 1815 at Cassel. He painted several sea-storms 

 and thunder-storms. 



2. Arnold Bocklin, a prominent Swiss landscape painter, born 1827 

 at Basel, died 1901. In later times, several compositions appeared in 

 which he showed great originality in his " glorious color-tones," hence : 

 farbensatt. 



