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7. Half a caudal vertebra of Whale. Bakena mysticetus (?) 



Bell Sound. A little above high-water mark. 



8. Caudal vertebra of Whale. Found among the boulders 



at high-water mark. Colored ferruginous. 



9. Small cervical vertebra of Beluga ? 



10. Tibia and fibula of hind left leg of a Walrus. 



11. Large caudal vertebra of Whale. 



12. Part of lower jaw of Whale. Walter Thymen's Straits. 



Half a mile from the sea, and 40 feet above sea level. 



Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society. 



Description of the Gravels from Spitzbebgen'. By J. Pbest- 

 wich, Esq., F.G.S. 



1. Gravel from Bell Sound, 60 feet above high-water mark. 

 Gray gravel of small subangular fragments of dark-gray argil- 

 laceous and quartzose slaty rocks, some portions calcareous, 

 and a few fragments of gray sandstone, mixed with a small 

 proportion of earth. None of the fragments are above two 

 ounces in weight, the bulk being of small size (seventy to 

 the ounce). Among these subangular fragments there are, 

 however, a few small round pebbles of a dark-gray limestone, 

 and a few perfectly angular fragments of slate. 



There are no shells, nor any characters on any of the frag- 

 ments in the gravel to indicate a beach-origin. The mass, in 

 fact, looks much more like the smaller fragments of a moraine. 

 None of the fragments, however, are scratched or striated. 



2. Gravel from Bell Sound, 20 feet above high-water. Dark- 

 colored grit, clean and uniform in texture, consisting of small 

 subangular fragments of a black hornblende slate (like that of 

 No. 4) about the size of cress-seed, with a very few flattish 

 pebbles of the size of peas, and still fewer rounded pebbles of 

 the size of marbles. There are no fragments of shells. 



3. Gravel from an island in Bell Sound, a little above high- 

 water. Small grayish-green gravel of flat angular fragments 

 of greenish mica slate, with a few pieces of quartz. None of 



