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amongst the rocks. Dr Laube reports : — " We pulled up 

 to one of the rocks for a short rest, and for our meal. It 

 was a huge block of granite, and that of the beautiful 

 large grained kind, the pegmatite, which is known to 

 come from Siberia and other northern lands. Besides 

 this, it contained a great number of garnets and carnelians 

 mixed up together ; and from its bosom the waves had 

 washed a lovely block of rose quartz. 1 had made no 

 secret of the presence of sapphires and garnets, and so 

 came to grief through it, as we all wanted to capture a 

 large sapphire. Hammer and chisel, which I had always 

 to borrow, as my case went down with the Hansa, were 

 scarcely to be obtained, and only with the sacrifice of my 

 daily meal did I at length succeed in quieting my geologico- 

 mineralogical mind by the acquisition of some fragments, 

 when we at once said good-bye to the rock and its treasures, 

 and went on our way. My mineralogico-geological mind ! 

 How often on the way did it rise in an excitement of 

 longing to get hold of this or that spot, to climb up, and 

 laden with stones return to the boat ! but I must suppress 

 such longings. If, as is well known, one cannot study 

 well upon a full stomach, I can certify that a craving, 

 gnawing stomach, does not incline one to work. But, 

 even had I overcome this, a half-hour spent on such 

 an excursion might have brought the lives of my 

 waiting companions into danger. For this I would not 

 be responsible. So that I only allowed my wishes 

 to prevail when the occasion was warranted by circum- 

 stances." 



The colour of the mountains, beginning from Cape 

 Hvidtfeldt, was quite different from those seen hitherto ; 

 they looked like melted copper. That explains at once 



