H. W. Moncldon — On some Hardancjer Lakes. 535 



long and half a mile wide, with a slight slope to the sea. It extends 

 from the lake nearly to the fjord, and is bounded on the east by 

 the steep rocky side of the valley and on the west by a deep 

 channel cut by the river which flows from the lake to the fjord. 

 On the top there is a village and fields. 



The flat top shows that the sand, gravel, and stones of which this 

 vast mound consists must have been spread out under water, no 

 doubt the water of the sea. Its height is about 350 feet above the 

 sea, so that at the time of its deposition the land must have stood at 

 least 350 feet lower than now. 



Fig. 2. — The Eidfjoed Vand, Vik i Eidfjord, Hardanger. 



The moraine on the west side of the river is not so large. Its top 

 is more rounded and not quite so liigh. Its highest point is near 

 the west side of the valley, and from it I could see the houses on the 

 great moraine opposite, so that the difference in level is not large. 

 The north end of the lake, with the great moraine, is shown in the 

 photograph, Fig. 2, which was taken from the road on the west of the 

 lake. On the whole, it seems to me probable that the bank originally 

 stretched across the valley at about the same height, and that the 

 present difference in level is due to the erosion effected by watei's 

 flowing down the valley. At what period in this erosive process 

 the ice left the site of the lake is not quite clear, but that it must 

 have been at a fairly early period is shown by certain step terraces 

 at the southern or upper end of the lake and by old shore-lines on 

 the great moraine itself. 



