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They are strown with a great number of pebbles, partly angular, 

 flat bits of sand stone, partly water-ground, flatly oval or ovally 

 ball- shaped blocs of archaic rocks or basalt. Some of the 

 blocks have worn, sand-polished corners and edges, and a few 

 have the characteristic shapes of the "triangles". 



Fig. 16. Arctostaphylos alpina on sandy flat; only the new shoots protrude. 

 Klitdalen. (From photo, by Chi;. KuursE). 



They most often have a thin coat of clay or ooze. 



In the spring time some of the "Stensletter" are doubt- 

 less flooded for a shorter period and form extensive shallow 

 ponds with from 10 — 50 cm water upon them. This period 

 can but be of short duration; for did the flood last but a 

 «ouple of months mud must be forming and rests be found of 



