XU CONTENTS. 



Observations of the Rate of Motion of tlie GlaiaiTS of Grcenlani), 301. Explora- 

 tions of Steenstrup and Jensen, 302, 303. E.xplorations of the eastern side of 

 Greenland, 303-306. Sketch of the progress of geographical discovery on the 

 eastern side of Greenland (in note), 303. E.\plorations of Scoresby, 304 ; of Clav- 

 eriug and SaViine, 304; of Graah, 304; of Payer and the officers of the " Hansa," 

 304, 305. Koldewey on the absence of deep Snow and Ice on the eastern shore 

 of Greenland, 30-5. Probable character of the Interior discussed, 306, 307. 

 Absence of Ice on part of the western shtire, 307. Contrast in the (.Jlacial Char- 

 acter of the two sides of Kennedy Channel, 307. De liance and Feilden quoted, 307. 

 Nares quoted, 307, 308. Bessels on the absence of Glaciers on the west side of the 

 Cliannel opposite Greenland, 308. Small amount of Ice and Snow in North 

 America between Hudson's l!ay and the Mackenzie River, 308. Sir J. Eich- 

 ardson quoted, 308. Sir E. Belcher's Statements in regard to the small amount 

 of Snow or Ice about Northumberland Sound, 309. Middendorff and Nor- 

 denskjbld on the absence of (Jlaciers and the small amount of Snow in Northern 

 Asia, 309. Summary of results as to Snow and Ice in the North Polar ' Regions, 

 310. — The Climatic and Glacial Conditions of the South Polar Regions dis- 

 cussed, 311-318. Small amount of geographical knowledge of lands lying 

 within the Antarctic Circle, 311. Climate of the Islands in low Southern Lati- 

 tudes, 311, 312. Amount of Land in the South Polar Region, 312, 313. Re- 

 sume of Geographical Discoveries near the South Pole (in note), 312. Petermann's 

 Views in regard to the amount and insular character of the land within the An- 

 tarctic Circle, 313. Explorations of Sir J. C. Ross, 314-316 ; of Dumont d'LTrville, 

 316. Peculiar Climatic Conditions of the Antarctic Polar Region, 316-318. Ice- 

 fields of that Region perhaps the result of the freezing of the Ocean Surface, 318 ; 

 Miihry's Views on this point, 318. The Floe-bergs of the Nares Expedition (in 

 note), 318. Discussion of the facts presented in regard to Present Glaciation 

 of parts of the Earth's Surface, 311)-32.5. Preciintation in the form of Snow, 

 how caused, and in wliat manner distributed, 319, 320. Cold not sufficient to 

 produce a copious Snow-fall, 320. Tlie Glacial Epoch not necessarily a period of 

 intense cold, 321. Possibly there is now more Snow and Ice on the Globe tlian 

 ever before, 321. Glaciers and permanent Snow-Helds the appendages of Moun- 

 tains and high Table-lands, 322. Could Glaciers originate on level land % 322, 323. 

 How Snow is cduverted into Ice, 323, 324. Pressure not sufficient for this in 

 Nature, 324. Illustrative example from Mount Shasta, 324. Glacier Ice a mix- 

 ture of Ice and Water, 324, 32-5. 



SECTIOX in. 



PiECENT Changes in Gl.vciek Regions 325-342 



Object of the inquiry stated, 325, 326. The case stated in a general way, 326. 

 The work of the Alpine Clubs, 327. V. Payot's record of the Oscillations of the 

 Mont Blanc Glaciers (in note), 327. Facts in regard to these, 328. Shrinking of 

 the Glaciers of the Eastern Alps, 329. The Glacier of Gebrulaz, 329. C. E. 

 Mathews quoted, 329. C. Dufour quoted, 330. Trutat on the Recession of 

 the Glaciers of the Pyrenees, 330. Abich on tlie Diminution of the Ice Masses of 

 the Caucasus, 331, 332. — AWhat the Oscillations of the Alpine Glaciers mean, 

 332, 333. Gruner's Investigations noticed, 333. Shrinking nf the Glaciers of the 

 Himalaya and of the Scandinavian Range, 334. Glaciers with extremely- 

 irregular Oscillations, 334-336. The Vernagt, 334, 335. The Glacier of Dev- 



