,S.S THE ICK A(JK IN CANADA. 



" Dr. Ariustront,', ])r('vi(iusly (piotcd, notes the oocur- 

 rcncu of ifi'uniLie aiul ollu'i' rrv-sliilliiic rocks, iioL only on 

 the south slioi'e of I>;irin<^ island, hut also on the hills 

 inland. The.se, fidiu what is now known of the rei^don, 

 ean scareely he sui»i>osed to have come from elsewhere 

 than the eonli)iental land to tJje southward. 



" In an account of ihe scientific results of tlu; ' Polaris' 

 expedition (Nature, Vol. IX.), it is stated of the west 

 coast of Smith's sound, north of the Humixildt ^^lacier, 

 that ' wherever the locality wa.s favoural)le, the land is 

 covered hy drift, .sometimes containin<f very characteristic 

 litholoii;ical specimens, the identification of which with 

 rocks of South ( Jreenland was a very readily accom[)lished 

 ta.sk. For instance, garnets of uinisually large size were 

 found in latitude 8F .")', having marked minerological 

 characters hy which tlie identity with some garnets from 

 Tiskernaes was established. Drawing a conclusion from 

 such oh.servations, it became evident that the main line of 

 the drift, indicating the direction of its motion, runs from 

 south to north.' It should l)e stated, however, that Dr. 

 l^es.sels, whoaccompanietl the' Polaris' expedition, regards 

 these erratics as certainly not transported by glaciers, 

 but l)y Hoating ice, and as showing that the current of 

 Davis' strait wis iurmerly to the north, and not to the 

 .south, as at pre .-'Uii,. ((^>uoted from Bullet in tfr la Soc. de 

 (Ti'of/riqihie, Paris, March, 1885, in Arctic Manual, p. 553.) 



" It may be mentioned, as bearing on the general (pies- 

 tion here referred to, that Dr. Bell has found evidence of 

 a northward or north-eastward movement of glacier ice in 

 the northern part of Hud.son l)ay (Annual lie[)ort Geol. 

 Survey of Canada, 1885, p. 14, i)i)),with distinct indications 

 of eastward glaciation throughout Hudson strait, (lleport 

 of Progress, Geol. Survey of Canada, 1882-84, p. 30, dd.) 



