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I will take the permission to quote from my diary the impres- 

 sions I received during a visit in the summer of 1908 to Kløftfjeldet 

 between Snenæs and Lille Snenæs: the slope there in my opinion 

 is one of the most beautiful in north-east Greenland. 



"There is an apparently enormous luxuriancy upon the irrigated 

 terraced hill-side facing south-west. Here is a valley below in a 

 direction about west to east. The south wind alone blows directly 

 against it. And then there is water here, and water will continue 

 to flow for a long time yet. Today it is July 7, and it has been 

 very warm considering the time of year. Consequently, we must 

 expect to find at any rate indications of everything which subse- 

 quently will make its appearance, because in 7 or 8 weeks we may 

 have frost again, as we had it last year on Sept. 1. 



But wherein does this luxuriancy consist? Well, there is a 

 continuous carpet of vigorous specimens of Salix, richly flowering 

 Cassiope, and luxuriant broad-leaved Dryas. Vaccinium has fresh, 

 green shoots everywhere and flowers here and there. Then — of- 

 course — there is never-ending abundance of Polygonum viviparum — 

 this intruder which does not leave any society in peace. Dryas has 

 almost finished flowering in the drier places. Thus, the terraced 

 slope, seen from below, looks very well ; but as soon as one has 

 ascended, nothing of this is seen, as the most luxuriant vegetation 

 occurs upon the slopes of the terraces (especially upon the more 

 abrupt ones) and is hidden by their edges (Fig. 8). 



And then what is my reward when I come upon the top of the 

 hill: flowering Campanula! That is the culmination here! Under 

 similar conditions in West Greenland, e. g. on Præstefjeldet, I found 

 Alchemilla, Thalictrum, Veronica and Bartsia on June 2, 1905, and 

 tall willow-copses along the banks of the small water-courses. Here 

 it is only a question of the willow flinging itself along the rock and 

 adhering to it, just barely venturing its catkins as far out as possible. 



The greensward hereabouts is formed by Luzula, Hierochlöe (of 

 course), a few Poo cenisia and Cobresia Bellardii together with Carices 

 such as C. misandra and Carex rigida.'" 



These few species supplemented by Rhododendron, which I 

 found in the same society in Pustervig, on Fuglenæbsfjeldet and on 

 Muskusoksefjeldene, are the only attempt towards the formation of 

 a heath I ever found, with the exception of a small society of 

 Empetrum intermixed with Salix herbacea near Hulesoen. 



Of the peculiar formations which I have met with I shall here 

 mention only a remarkable patch near the shore at the head of 

 Yderbugt which I found on July 28, 1907. The ground is level and 

 is only a few metres above sea-level at high tide. The surface is 



