48 OLAF HOLTEDAHL. [SEC. ARCT. EXP. FRAM 



I feel very much inclined to believe that these fossils were collected 

 from a locality very near to the place where the phoca-l&una was ob- 

 tained, -imv they have been mixed into one collection. Should this be 

 correct, we have here an indication of relatively small thicknesses for the 

 lower part of the Devonian -- with highest Silurian if we regard the pliocci- 

 I'auna of Niagaran age-- or perhaps for a complete absence of several 

 hoii/ons from a corresponding period. In the Goose Fjord region, 3 

 4000 feet of sediment, perhaps more, come between the base of the 

 Series B and the high Devonian. 



