146 PROFESSOR EDWARD HULL, M.A., LL.D., F.R.S., T.G.S., ON 



interesting address. The only remark tliat I would like to make 

 is with reference to the depths at the months of the fjords and, 

 probably, the bays that Mr. Rouse has referred to. It seems to me 

 to be analogous to the deposit of bars at the mouths of rivers. 



When you get volumes of fresh water coming down and bringing 

 deposit, directly it comes into contact with the salt water it is 

 deposited, more or less ; and you see the same thing in all rivers, 

 to a more or less extent, at the present time. Why we see no 

 moraine is, I think, as Professor Hull says, that the old channel 

 at the mouth is bound to be obliterated. In the St. George's 

 Channel and the English Channel you have a submerged channel 

 because the tides run in the direction of the old channels and 

 so keep them free. 



I am sure you will allow me to convey your thanks to Professor 

 Hull for his very interesting address. [Applause.] 



Professor Hull. — I am much obliged for the manner in which 

 you have received my paper, and am specially gratified that so 

 experienced a geologist as Dr. Logan Jack is able to concur in my 

 views regarding the physical history of the Norwegian fjords. 



The Meetinsr then terminated. 



Communications Received. 

 The following communication from the Rev. Dr. Walker will be 

 read with interest : — 



Comparison of the Icelandic Features with those op Norway. 

 (Cf. Part IV, p. 136, of paper.) 



Why is no parallel drawn between the physical features of 

 Iceland and Norway, which in several particulars present such a 

 remarkable similai'ity ? 



1. Both countries alike possess a " Snaefell," a mountain covered 

 with snow ; in other words, Iceland itself has no fewer than three 

 Snaefells : (1) Snaefell Jokull, whose glittering cone I have ceen 

 VO miles away to the north-north-west when standing on the shore 

 at Reykjavik in the innermost recess of the Faxaf jordr ; (2) East 

 Snaefell, as situate in the east of the island ; and there is also a third 

 Snaefell elsewhere. 



As a rule a " fell " denotes among Icelanders a mountain of 

 inferior elevation to a " jokull," which signifies a mountain per- 



