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lines at a height of <So feet. I liad ah-eady noticed such 

 strand -lines at different elevations when I first arrived 

 in the previous autumn at the more northern part of 

 this region (for example, on Torup's Island). Indeed, 

 we had lived all winter on such a terrace. 



Jackson had found whales' skeletons at several places 

 about Cape Flora. Close to his hut, for instance, at a 

 height of 50 feet, there lay the skull of a whale, a baUrua, 

 possiblv a Greenland whale {Balcrna luysticctus?). At 

 a point farther north there lay fragments of a whole 

 skeleton, probably of the same species. The underjaw 

 was iS feet 3 inches long; but these bones lay at an 

 elevation of not more than 9 feet above the present sea- 

 level. I also found other indications that the sea must 

 at a comparatively recent period have risen above these 

 low strand - terraces. For instance, they were at many 

 points strewn with mussel-shells. This land, then, seems 

 to have been subjected to changes of level analogous to 

 those which have occurred in other northern countries, 

 of which, as above mentioned, I had also seen indica- 

 tions on the north coast of Asia. 



One day when Mr. Jackson and Dr. Koetlitz were 

 out on an excursion together they found on a " nunatak," 

 or spur of rock, projecting abo\'e a glacier on the north 

 side of Cape Flora, two places which were strewn with 

 vegetable fossils. This discovery, of course, aroused 

 my keenest interest, and on July 17th Dr. Koetlitz 

 and I set out for the spot together. The spur of rock 



