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though unnoticed by his companions察where the                   stag's´horn clubmoss 

ceases to straggle across the turf察and the           tufted alpine clubmoss takes its 

place此    for   he   is  now    in  a  new    world察    a  region    whose     climate   is 

eternally   influenced   by   some   fresh      law   after   which   he   vainly   guesses 

with a sigh at his own         ignorance察which renders life impossible to one 

species察 possible      to   another。    And   it   is   a   still   more   solemn   thought   to 

him察that it     was not always so察that aeons and ages back察that rock which 

he    passed a thousand feet below was fringed察not as now with fern and 

blue bugle察and white bramble´flowers察but perhaps with the alp´ rose and 

the ;gemsen´kraut; of Mont Blanc察at least with Alpine                 Saxifrages which 

have now retreated a thousand feet up the mountain                    side察and with the 

blue    Snow´Gentian察       and   the   Canadian     Sedum察    which      have     all  but 

vanished out   of   the   British   Isles。   And   what  is   it   which   tells him  that 

strange     story拭   Yon    smooth     and   rounded     surface    of   rock察  polished察

remark察  across   the   strata   and   against   the   grain察and   furrowed   here   and 

there察   as  if  by  iron  talons察  with   long    parallel    scratches。    It  was    the 

crawling   of   a   glacier   which     polished   that   rock´face察  the   stones   fallen 

from     Snowdon      peak    into    the   half´liquid    lake   of   ice  above察   which 

ploughed those   furrows。           AEons   and   aeons ago察 before the   time   when 

Adam first 

       ;Embraced his Eve in happy hour察And every bird in Eden burst In 

carol察every bud in flower察─

       those marks were there察the records of the ;Age of ice察─slight察              truly察



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to   be   effaced    by   the   next   farmer    who    needs    to  build    a  wall察   but 

unmistakeable察       boundless     in   significance察    like  Crusoe's     one    savage 

footprint   on   the   sea´shore察  and   the   naturalist   acknowledges       the   finger´ 

mark of God察and wonders察and worships。 

     Happy察especially察is the sportsman who is also a naturalist此                 for    as 

he   roves   in   pursuit   of   his   game察  over   hills   or   up   the   beds   of streams 

where no one but a sportsman ever thinks of going察he will                    be certain to 

see    things   noteworthy察     which    the   mere    naturalist    would     never    find察

simply because he could never guess that they                   were there to be found。 

I do not speak merely of the rare birds              which may be shot察the curious 

facts   as   to   the   habits   of   fish   which may   be   observed察  great   as   these 

pleasures     are。    I  speak    of   the   scenery察    the   weather察   the   geological 

formation      of  the   country察  its   vegetation察    and   the   living   habits   of  its 

denizens。      A  sportsman察       out   in   all   weathers察  and   often   dependent   for 

success     on    his   knowledge        of  ;what    the   sky   is  going    to   do察─  has 

opportunities   for      becoming   a   meteorologist   which   no   one   beside   but   a 

sailor    possesses察and one has often longed for a scientific gamekeeper or 

huntsman察who察by discovering a law for the mysterious and                       seemingly 

capricious      phenomena       of   ;scent察─   might    perhaps     throw     light   on    a 

hundred   dark   passages   of   hygrometry。         The   fisherman察     too察      what   an 

inexhaustible treasury of wonder lies at his feet察            in the subaqueous world 

of the commonest mountain burn                All the     laws which mould a world 

are there busy察if he but knew it察         fattening his trout for him察and making 

them rise to the fly察by       strange electric influences察at one hour rather than 

at another。       Many a good geognostic lesson察too察both as to the nature of 

a    country's rocks察and as to the laws by which strata are deposited察                 may 

an observing man learn as he wades up the bed of a trout´ stream察not to 

mention      the  strange    forms    and   habits   of   the  tribes   of    water´insects。 

Moreover察  no   good   fisherman   but   knows察  to   his       sorrow察  that   there   are 

plenty of minutes察ay察hours察in each day's              fishing in which he would be 

right glad of any employment better             than trying to 

       ;Call spirits from the vasty deep察─

       who will not 

       ;Come when you do call for them。; 



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        What   to   do察then拭     You   are   sitting察perhaps察  in   your   coracle察  upon 

some mountain tarn察waiting for a wind察and waiting in vain。 

        ;Keine luft an keine seite察Todes´stille f r chterlich察─

        as G t he has it ´ 

        ;Und der schiffer sieht bek m mert Glatte fl c he rings umher。; 

       You paddle to the shore on the side whence the wind ought to come察

if   it   had   any  spirit   in   it察tie the   coracle   to   a   stone察light   your cigar察  lie 

down on your back upon the grass察grumble察and finally                        fall asleep。     In 

the   meanwhile察  probably察  the   breeze   has   come   on察         and   there   has   been 

half´an´hour's lively  fishing   curl察  and   you   wake           just   in   time   to   see   the 

last ripple of it sneaking off at the other              side of the lake察leaving all as 

dead´calm as before。 

     Now      how    much     better察  instead    of   falling   asleep察   to  have    walked 

quietly round the lake side察and asked of your own brains and of                         Nature 

the question察 How did this lake come here拭                 What does it        mean拭─

     It is a hole in the earth。         True察but how was the hole made拭                 There 

must   have   been   huge   forces   at   work   to   form   such   a   chasm。        Probably 

the   mountain   was   actually   opened   from   within   by   an   earthquake察  and 

when the strata fell together again察the portion at either end of                   the chasm察

being perhaps crushed together with greater force察                   remained higher than 

the    centre察  and    so  the   water    lodged    between       them。     Perhaps      it  was 

formed thus。        You will at least agree that          its formation must have been a 

grand sight   enough察and   one during              which a spectator   would have had 

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

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