THE PENINSULA OF JYLLAND. 



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Kattegat and North Sea, have their water-parting much nearer to the geometrical 

 axis of the peninsula than those of Schleswig. But the two sides differ greatly in 

 their aspect, presenting the same contrasts as in the German territory. The western 

 section is uniform, and slopes gently, while the eastern is more abrupt, more varied, 

 and more irregular. 



The hills of Jylhxnd facing the Kattegat belong mostly to the drift, and are 

 largely composed of sands, clays, and marls, forming the detritus of granite, gneii^s. 



Fio:. 20. — The Himmelbjerg. 





and chalk. The older strata are here and there strewn with boulders and gravels 

 of glacial origin. The hills are not continued in regular ridges along the coast, 

 but rise in isolated masses, sometimes to the height of over 300 feet. The Skamm- 

 lingsbank, just north of the German frontier, attains an elevation of 400 feet above 

 the Little Belt ; other summits occur between the Yejle and Horsens fiords, and 

 south of the town of Aarhus. This hilly eastern tract is very fertile, and the 

 heio'hts are covered with magnificent beech fore:^ts sometimes down to the seaside. 



