TRANSACTIONS OF THE SECTIONS. 
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IwiB each from the highest points about eighteen miles inland, to the highest points 
rfdifclifi immediately overhanging tlie sen, it was found that none of the intermediate 
(uU of land or hill tops were elevated above these lines. They frequently touched, 
• Defer rose above them. These lines therefore represented two planes of about 
oiles in length gently inclined towards the sea at an angle of nearly I \ 
i«afBlh’Jiero all the valleys arc excavated. It was attempted to be shown that 
•Mtoincideaces probably arose from some general cause applicable to the whole 
teirt, Bamely, the peculiar manner in which the denudation of the courttry was 
FMtd. 
Suppose before the removal of parts of the curved strata that originalh/ rose above 
itiisdiord ptaiies, the relative iereb of sea and land were such that the liighcst 
P*iUof land now immediately overhanging the sea were lowered to its level ; then 
a pidual sinking <rf the district bearing a proportion in lime to the amount 
•fvoip effected by the action of the sea ; then, as the sinking and denudation pro- 
by the time the sea had eateii hi as fur as the highest points in the interior 
••ori Iiy the inclined lines, there would be au inclined plane beneath the level of 
••«s,eiilending seaward from that point ut some given angle. In this instance It 
•ityfwcDtcd by the angle that the line which touches the hiU-tops of the sections 
»ith the horizon viz. 1^®, and this w'ould give a depth of water (not allowing 
■tie iccuamiaiion of debris spread on the floor thus constructed by the ocean for 
^J«f about two hundred fathoms at the distance of eighteen miles from shore, 
'‘•utbfnsta^, that as the land again emerged from the sea, or during various 
**^ntMcillatioiM of level, valleys were excavated by further denudation, nnd that 
**«i>*r points of land as they now exist are only the relics of un average general 
^leiiftpe reprMented by the straight line drawn from the inland heights towards 
" It further stated, that if in the construction of other sections across this 
“Wry exceptions should be found to the rule that points of land do not rise alwve 
'"clineii plane described, this would not invalidate the general argument, since 
^ Quejfnay have occurred in which outlying islands resisted the progress of 
When long enough to break any absolute umfonnity. 
of Sweden. By Count Adoi-phk De Robbn, 5wedis/i Royal Navy. 
J^anlior presented and explained the following maps, viz.— 
'.^PWgraphic Map of Sweden. 1 By HU Royal Highness 
" 'hp of the Position and Character of the Forests I Carl Ludvrig Eugene, 
'8 it ’■^Sard to tiicir apjiropriato use ... f .. 
"I yf*®!, representing its Iron produce .... 
■’•ap of Sweden, reoresentinir thi' Distriliution of" 
Ludvrig Eugene, 
Crown Prince of Swe- 
». -ncucii, representing its iron prouuce ••• j den and Norway, 
lapof Sweden, representing the Distrllmlion of! j, Christ. Lov^n, 
from the most recent statistical the Swedish army. 
documents .. 
Norway, showing the Naval 1 By Capt. Aug. Stahr, o 
and Military organization of those two kingdoms / the Topographic Corps. 
. * rByCol. C. P.Hallstrom, 
'‘■ 'lapofibe Watercourses of Sweden . J of the Hydrographic 
L Corps. 
‘ '^WofScandinavia, Sweden, Norway and 
rnmark, with tbc projected Railways . 
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By Col. Carl af Forsell, 
Chief of the Map De¬ 
partment. 
By the Topographic 
Corps of Stockholm. 
^ounty Maps of some Provinces of Sweden . ^ uorps oi olu'-b-uv...... 
atS^h'^'Jcpreparation of these maps, and especmlly those 
“Uboifr Crown Prince of Sweden, Count Rosen mentio 
b perseverance of His Royal Hiclmess in collecting authentte mate- 
^ ha work. He has In fact corresponded with eveiy curate, 
Wt 1 ifon-mosters mino-holdcrs and smelters m the > 8"^ 
over the country who has anything to do with the mining 
^•1 **^^ *^^'•'oods and forests. , , . ,v 
• "yptographic Map o/ Sweden _This map shows the height above the 
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