Introduction. 



An order to give an account of the occurrence of Foraminifera in 

 the waters explored by the 2nd Fram Expedition, I have investigated 

 some bottom samples and zoological material collected during this Ex- 

 pedition at a number of places, more especially in the northern part of 

 Jones Sound, along Kong Oscars Land, and partly also near North 

 Devon. 



The bottom samples are from the following stations: 



1) The Winter harbour, Havne Fjord. Depth 45 fathoms. July 

 24th, 1900. 



2) The west side of the mouth of Stor Valley. Depth 10 fathoms. 

 July 26th, 1900. 



3) Sjopolse Neess. Depth 1525 fathoms. August 4th, 1900. 



4) North of North Devon. West of Kent. Lat. 76 41.5' N., 

 Long. 92 W. Depth 55 fathoms. August 20th, 1900. 



5) Forvisnings Valley. Depth 2-20 fathoms. September 19th, 1900. 



6) The upper part of Gaase Fjord. Depth 15 fathoms. September 

 20th, 1900. 



7) The upper part of Gaase Fjord. Depth 3 20 fathoms. Sept- 

 ember 20th, 1900. 



8) The upper part of Gaase Fjord. Depth 1 2 fathoms. August 

 2nd, 1901. 



9) Gaase Fjord. Depth 7 fathoms. August 16th, 1901. 



10) Gaase Fjord. August 30th, 1901. 



Only six of the bottom samples contained mud, namely Nos. 2, 4, 

 5, 6, 7 and 8; and of these Nos. 5 and 6 were very small. Only four 

 of the bottom samples were large enough to be treated by Dr. MADSEN'S 

 method 1 . The mud contained sand, pebbles and various animals. 



1 V. MADSEN. Istidens Foraminiferer i Danmark og Holsten. Copenhagen, 1895. 



