Summary of “Meddelelser om Grønland” XLIX. 
Cur. Kruuse: Travels and Botanical Investiga- 
tions in East-Greenland. 
left Copenhagen on the 15th of August 1901, accompanied by 
Mrs. KRUUSE, and arrived at the Colony of Angmagsalik on 
the 5th of September 1901. The object of the voyage was partly 
floristic, partly ecological; but my instructions (Medd. o. Gronl. 
XXX, I. S.I—XIII) enjoined me to investigate meteorological, bio- 
logical, zoological and geological phenomena too, in so far as my 
_ principal task permitted it. 
The first part of the book treats of the equipping, including the 
arrangement of the stationhouse (plan p. 4), ventilation, heating, con- 
trivances for the procurement of drinking water and provisions. 
Besides these things are mentioned the scientific equipment and the 
benzine motorboat employed here for the first time in arctic regions. 
A short voyage, (16th—19th Septbr.) in the direction of the head 
of the Sermiliktjord, showed the merits and deficiencies of the 
boat, the latter of which were mended as well as possible in the 
course of the winter. During the rest of September and in October 
the nearer neighbourhood of Tasiusak was investigated, and trawl- 
ings were effected. On the 18th of October the navigation was 
stopped, and the boat was taken ashore. In November and Decem- 
ber the snowfall was sreat, and all the hollows were filled with 
compact snow. The meteorological investigations begin. 
During the winter I phonographed some drumsongs of which 
a translation is inserted here. The original Greenland-text I noted 
оп р. 30—35 as they were put down in writing by Governor 
Jons. PETERSEN. 
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