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with my glass I discovered that some of the 

 loose pieces were in motion, and observed 

 several seals lying on them and diving into 

 the interstices. The moraine was of mud 

 entirely, and was tolerably consolidated at the 

 top, so as to form good walking ; it extended 

 along the entire front of the glacier (which 

 was confined by a limestone hill on each side) 

 in two parts, and was of a total length of 

 about three and a half miles, by 200 to 400 

 yards broad, and 20 to 30 feet high, the 

 entrance between the two portions of the 

 moraine was not more than 300 or 400 yards 

 in width. 



How I wished for an hour of Professor 

 James Porbes to elucidate the mystery to me 

 of this glacier being so far distant from the 

 moraine, the existence of which had so evi- 

 dently been caused by great immediate pres- 

 sure from the glacier. There appeared not to 

 have been any contact between them for a long 

 period, as mosses and other little arctic plants 

 were growing on the moraine. I also picked 

 up specimens of several kinds of shells on the 

 moraine. 



In cutting up these large seals, I found 

 the stomachs of several of them containing 



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