The universal geography : earth and its inhabitants

THE TIiNINSULA OP JYLLAND. 49Kattegat and North Sea, have their water-parting much nearer to the geometricalaxis of the peninsula than those of Schleswig.But the two sides differ greatly intheir aspect, presenting the same contrasts as in the German territory.The westernsection is uniform, and slopes gently, while the eastern is more abrupt, more varied,and more irregular.The hills of Jylland facing the Kattegat belong mostly to the drift, and arelargely composed of sands, clays, and marls, forming the detritus of granite, gneiss,and chalk.The older strata are here and there strewn with boulders and gravelsof glacial origin. The hills are not continued in regular ridges along the coast,but rise in isolated masses, sometimes to the height of over 300 feet. The Skammlingsbank,just north of the German frontier, attains an elevation of 400 feet abovethe Little Belt ; other summits occur between the Vejle and Horsens fiords, andsouth of the town of Aarhus. This hilly eastern tract is very fertile, and theheights are covered with magnificent beech forests sometimes down to the seaside.