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but towards the surface is unequal, and in its red masses 

 contains white flint stones. This stone splits easily in its 

 strata into slabs, and was therefore very serviceable in 

 building, such as I have never met with in any other part 

 of Greenland. Very interesting to me was one other 

 appearance which I noticed on that sandstone rock. 

 Even from below, at a height of about 300 feet above the 

 sea, a heap of debris had struck me from its peculiar 

 appearance. At first I fancied it was artificially built, 

 and strewn with stones. Upon closer investigation, how- 

 ever, it seemed that this debris must have floated there. 

 The loose blocks of stone had been broken off by the 

 tide, and lay in such masses that it would have been 

 impossible for the hand of man to have brought them 

 there. From above, I noticed on the shore a very low 

 spot, where things were rolled up on a lower terrace in 

 the same way. It is not easy to imagine that storm- 

 floods, however high, could roll such masses over the 

 ground and carry them up here. Rather would the 

 assumption of an ancient coast-line be justified, and that 

 the inner part of the Igalliko Fjord had later on been 

 raised, certainly at a time when Norse settlements 

 were unknown. 1 was sorry that I had not the leisure 

 to investigate this phenomenon, as well as .the sur- 

 rounding neighbourhood. Scarcely had I finished some 

 hasty sketches, when our people were ready for depar- 

 ture. With my sleeping-sack across my shoulder, I 

 said good-bye to Sorn, his Annie, and the whole 

 household. 



On our return journey we enjoyed the most lovely 

 weather : at noon we rested on a cliff, where we found 

 willow-bushes enough to boil the kettle. Unwashed 



