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tains of sedimentary strata he is stopped from time 
to time by an impassable precipice. 
On the whole, when seen from a distance, the 
forms of the sedimentary mountains are more marked, 
more broken, and, so to say, more individualised. 
The central Crystalline “massives” present very 
different forms. The desks, terraces, pinnacles, and 
cornices disappear, and we have noble pyramids. 
The ridges, moreover, are more jagged and serrated. 
Fig. 70.— Ridge of the Gaul!. Profile of the ridge from the Bachlistock 
to the Hiibnerstock, showing the peaks of the granite rock and the 
desk-like slope of the calcareous strata forming the Huhnerstock. 
Fig. 7° shows the contrast of a jagged Crystalline 
ridge and the desk-like form of the calcareous strata 
on the right (Huhnerstock). 
In the splendid panorama seen from Bern the 
Crystalline mountain peaks (Finsteraarhorn and Schreck- 
horn, Breithorn, Tschingelhorn, etc.) can readily be 
distinguished from the calcareous mountains (Blumlis- 
alp, Doldenhorn, Aletsch, etc.). The difference of 
character is also well seen as we ascend the valley 
of the Reuss from Fluellen to Andermatt. 
