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some difficulty in keeping his            footing。 

     And   when   you   learn   that   this   convulsion   probably   took   plus   at   the 

bottom   of   an   ocean   hundreds   of   thousands   of   years   ago�察  �you   have   at 

least   a   few   thoughts   over   which   to   ruminate�察  �which   will   make   you   at 

once too busy to grumble�察�and ashamed to grumble。 

     Yet�察  �after   all�察  �I   hardly   think   the   lake   was   formed   in   this   way�察  �and 

suspect   that   it   may   have   been   dry   for   ages   after   it   emerged   from      the 

primeval   waves�察  �and   Snowdonia   was   a   palm´fringed   island   in   a            tropic 

sea。    Let us look the place over more fully。 

     You   see   the   lake   is   nearly   circular�察  �on   the   side   where   we   stand   the 

pebbly   beach   is   not   six   feet   above   the   water�察  �and   slopes   away      steeply 



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into the valley behind us�察�while before us it shelves                  gradually into the 

lake�察�forty yards out�察�as you know�察�there is not              ten feet water�察�and then a 

steep   bank�察  �the   edge   whereof   we   and   the      big   trout   know   well�察  �sinks 

suddenly   to   unknown   depths。         On   the     opposite   side�察  �that   flat´topped 

wall    of   rock   towers    up   shoreless     into    the  sky�察  �seven    hundred     feet 

perpendicular�察  �the      deepest    water    of   all   we  know     is   at  its  very   foot。 

Right   and   left�察  �two   shoulders    of   down   slope   into   the   lake。  Now   turn 

round     and   look   down     the   gorge。     Remark       that  this  pebble    bank    on 

which we stand reaches some              fifty yards downward�此         �you see the loose 

stones peeping out         everywhere。        We may fairly suppose that we stand 

on a dam of loose        stones�察�a hundred feet deep。 

     But   why   loose   stones�拭   �   and   if   so�察  �what   matter�拭  �and   what   wonder�拭�

There are rocks cropping out everywhere down the hill´side。 

     Because if you will take up one of these stones and crack it                    across�察�

you   will   see   that   it   is   not   of   the   same   stuff   as   those   said rocks。 Step 

into the next field   and see。        That rock   is the common           Snowdon slate�察�

which we see everywhere。             The two shoulders of down�察            �right and left�察�

are slate�察�too�察�you can see that at a glance。           But     the stones of the pebble 

bank   are   a   close´grained�察  �yellow´spotted       rock。     They  are   Syenite�察  �and 

��you may believe me or not�察�as you              will�� they were once upon a time in 

the    condition     of  a  hasty     pudding      heated    to   some    800    degrees    of 

Fahrenheit�察  �and   in   that    condition   shoved   their   way   up   somewhere   or 

other    through     these    slates。    But    where�拭    �whence     on   earth   did  these 

Syenite pebbles come�拭            �Let us walk round to the cliff on the opposite 

side and see。      It is   worth while�察�for even if my guess be wrong�察�there is 

good spinning        with a brass minnow round the angles of the rocks。 

     Now   see。     Between   the   cliff´foot   and   the   sloping   down   is   a   crack�察�

ending in a gully�察�the nearer side is of slate�察�and the further              side�察�the cliff 

itself�察�is ´ why�察�the whole cliff is composed of             the very same stone as the 

pebble ridge。 

     Now�察�my good friend�察�how did these pebbles get three hundred yards 

across the lake�拭      �Hundreds of tons�察�some of them three feet long�此                 �who 

carried     them    across�拭     �The     old    Cymry     were     not   likely   to   amuse 

themselves by making such a breakwater up here in No´man's´land�察                        �two 



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thousand   feet   above   the   sea�此   �but   somebody   or   something   must         have 

carried them�察�for stones do not fly�察�nor swim either。 

     Shot out of a volcano�拭         �As you seem determined to have a prodigy�察�

it may as well be a sufficiently huge one。 

     Well   ´   these   stones   lie   altogether�察  �and   a   volcano   would   have   hardly 

made   so     compact   a   shot�察  �not   being   in   the   habit   of   using   Eley's  wire 

cartridges。     Our next hope of a solution lies in John Jones�察�who                 carried 

up the coracle。      Hail him�察�and ask him what is on the top             of that cliff 。 。 。 

So�察 �Plainshe and pogshe�察�and another Llyn。;                   Very good。       Now�察�does 

it  not   strike  you    that  this  whole    cliff  has  a   remarkably       smooth    and 

plastered look�察�like a hare's run up an            earthbank�拭      �And do you not see 

that it is polished thus only over          the lake�拭�that as soon as the cliff abuts 

on   the   downs   right   and    left�察  �it   forms   pinnacles�察  �caves�察  �broken   angular 

boulders�拭      �Syenite     usually     does   so   in  our   damp     climate�察  �from    the 

;weathering; effect         of frost and rain�此     �why has it not done so over the 

lake�拭    �On that     part something ��giants perhaps�� has been scrambling up 

or down on a        very large scale�察�and so rubbed off every corner which was 

inclined     to come away�察�till the solid core of the rock was bared。                   And 

may     not those mysterious giants have had a hand in carrying the stones 

across the lake�拭 � 。 。 Really�察�I am not altogether jesting。              Think      a while 

what   agent   could   possibly   have   produced   either   one   or   both      of   these 

effects�拭�

     There   is   but   one�察  �and   that�察  �if   you   have   been   an   Alpine   traveller   ´ 

much more if you have been a Chamois hunter ´ you have seen many a 

time ��whether you knew it or not�� at the very same work。 

     Ice�拭   �Yes�察�ice�察�Hrymir the frost´giant�察�and no one else。              And if     you 

will look at the facts�察�you will see how ice may have done it。                  Our friend 

John Jones's report of plains and bogs and a lake above                    makes it quite 

possible that in the ;Ice age; ��Glacial Epoch�察�as                the big´word´mongers 

call it�� there was above that cliff a great          neve�察�or snowfield�察�such as you 

have seen often in the Alps at the          head of each glacier。        Over the face of 

this cliff a glacier has      crawled down from that neve�察�polishing the face of 

the rock in its      descent�此    �but the snow�察�having no large and deep outlet�察�

has   not    slid   down   in   a   sufficient   stream   to   reach   the   vale   below�察  �and 



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form     a glacier of the first order�察�and has therefore stopped short on               the 

other side of the lake�察�as a glacier of the second order�察�which                ends in an 

ice´cliff   hanging   high   up   on   the   mountain   side�察  �and   kept  from   further 

progress by daily melting。          If you have ever gone up          the Mer de Glace 

to the Tacul�察�you saw a magnificent specimen of                 this sort on your right 

hand�察�just opposite the Tacul�察�in the           Glacier de Trelaporte�察�which comes 

down from the Aiguille de          Charmoz。 

     This    explains     our   pebble´ridge。      The     stones    which     the   glacier 

rubbed off the cliff beneath it it carried forward�察�slowly but                 surely�察�till 

they saw the light again in the face of the ice´cliff�察           �and dropped out of it 

under   the   melting   of   the   summer   sun�察  �to   form   a   huge   dam   across   the 

ravine�察�till�察�the ;Ice age; past�察�a more         genial climate succeeded�察�and neve 

and   glacier   melted     away�此   �but    the   ;moraine;   of   stones     did   not�察 �and 

remains to this day�察�as the        dam which keeps up the waters of the lake。 

     There     is  my    explanation。      If   you    can   find   a  better�察  �do�此   �but 

remember       always    that  it  must   include    an   answer    to  ´  ;How     did  the 

stones get across the lake�拭─�

       Now�察�reader�察�we have had no abstruse science here�察�no long words�察�

not even a microscope or a book�此            �and yet we�察�as two plain          sportsmen�察�

have   gone   back�察�or   been led   back by  fact   and  common           sense�察 �into   the 

most awful and sublime depths�察�into an epos of the                  destruction and re´ 

creation of a former world。 

     This    is  but  a  single   instance�察  �

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