488 Capt. H. W. Feilden on the Post-tertiary Beds 



8' N. Borders of freshwater lakes, consisting of brown mud, 

 frozen at the date of visit, April 26, 1876, elevated about 

 50 feet above sea-level, evidently a recently elevated fiord. An 

 area of miles was strewed with sea-shells ; these consisted 

 largely oiAstarte borealis, Saxicava mgosa, and My a truncata^ 

 whilst Astartefabula was not so common. Most of these shells 

 had the two valves attached. It must not be supposed that this 

 whole area was exposed : snow lay deep on many parts of it; 

 but every here and there the wind had scooped out patches 

 and bared places, where I was able to examine the surface- 

 mud and its contents. 



Station No. 24. A ravine, some four miles inland from 

 Blackcliff Bay, lat. 82° 30' N.* Sections of these mud beds 

 showed thicknesses of 100 to 150 feet, surmounted by beds of 

 gravel (or, rather, water-worn pebbles) of great thickness. In 

 addition to Pecten Groenlandicus^ Astarte horealis, Saxicava 

 rugosa^ and Mya truncata, we here obtained a few specimens 

 of Trochus nmhilicalis, Cylichna alba, and Sij^hodentalium 

 vitreum. Many fragments of marine algge {Melohesia poJy- 

 morjjha) were scattered through these beds, also fragments of 

 rods of Funiculina quadrangular is. 



Station No. 25. Deposits rising from sea-level to an eleva- 

 tion of 400 feet in the vicinity of Dumbbell harbour, Grinnell 

 Land, lat. 82° 30' N. In one spot I found the rods of Funi- 

 culina very abundant, also a bone and a tooth of Ovihos 

 onoschatusj and a bone of Phoca hispida, in. addition to Pecten 

 GrcenlandicuSj Astarte borealis, Mya truncata^ Saxicava 

 rugosa. 



Station No. 26. Mud beds, Westward-Ho Valley, Grinnell 

 Land, 82° 40' N. Pecten Groenlandicus common ; this shell is 

 extremely friable in a fossil condition, and difiicult to extract 

 in an entire state. This species was also common at stations 

 Nos. 1, 3, and 9 of Dr. Gwyn Jeffi-eysf. Nos. 1 and 9 

 stations being in close proximity to the winter quarters of 

 d.M.S. 'Alert,' in lat. 82° 27' N., received especial attention 

 and examination from myself and others. 



Station No. 27. Plateaux elevated 800 feet in the vicinity 

 of Floeberg Beach, lat. 82° 27' N. Valves of Mya truncata 

 scattered about sparsely. 



From Station No. 3 of Dr. Gwyn Jeffi-eys I procured 

 fossil remains of Cervus tarandus, vibes moschatus, and 

 Phoca barbata, and from Station No. 9 those of My odes 

 torquatus. 



* Vide Parliamentary Papers [C— laSG], 1877, p. 291. 

 t Ann. & Mng. Nat. Hi4., Sept. 1877, p. 231. 



