4 .\ 1 ris _.\ 11.1, SEN. 



tlie collection ot' llu' sainpli'S and tlu' rxaiiiiiiat imi of lliciu. llii' sainpN^s 

 from Disko, wliicli were gatliered in July HMG, arrived at StockJiuliii 

 in September uf tJie same year; the samples from Upernivik and Cape 

 York, gathered in the period of August — October 1910, did not arrive 

 at Stockliolin until November 1917, that is more tlian a year afterwards; 

 the sampies from the North eoast of Greenland were taken in April^July 

 1917 and arrived at Stockliolmin Jiily I9IS; Ihus tliri't' is an intcival of 

 more than a year between collectinn and examination ot tlir samples 

 from Tpernivik and Cape York and frnin the North coast. 



Moreover the conditions for storing iiad l»rcn highly unfavourable, 

 the samples from Cape York having, for instance, been in a frozen state 

 all through the winter; according to Dr. Wulff's notes, tlie temperature 

 was at times as low as -i- 45°. It is very probable, therefore, that some of 

 the microorganisms which ^vere originally present in the samples, have 

 perished. Further, it should be noted that, as far as a number of the 

 samples are concerned. Prof. Hagem did not succeed in isolating any 

 mon Ids, the sample containing a very abundant bacterial flora. 



As to further details with regard to the collection of the samples 

 and the more accurate description of the locality of the soils, the reader 

 is referred to Barthel: Recherches bactériologiques sur le sol et sur les 

 matiéres fécales des animaux polaires du Groenland septentrional. Med- 

 delelser om Grønland. Vol. 64, 1922. 



Samples from Disko. 



Soil -sample No. 1. 



"Engelskmandens Havn"', Jidy 8, 1916. 



Mere were tonnd Actinomyces albosporeus Kr. and a PenicUUuni 

 very closely related to P. solitum Westl. 



Barthel mentions that Kløcker has found a Mucor in this and 

 several other samples. 



Soil -sample No. 2. 



This sample was taken close to no. I. 



Here were found Actinomyces flavus Kr. and Pcnicilliiim divari- 

 caluin liKtM.? 



Soil -sample No. 3. 



"Sorte Sande", July 8, 1916. 

 Penicillium expansum (Link) Thom. 



