848 THE JOURNAL OF GEOLOGY. 
and Atanikerdluk, opportunity was afforded for a cursory study 
of local geological features. At the last named place fossil 
leaves were collected in considerable numbers. 
The month of August was spent between the parallels of 75° 
50’ and 78° 45’, the latter being the most northerly latitude 
reached. Between these parallels nearly every mile of the 
Greenland coast was seen at close range, and a considerable 
number of glaciers were studied in detail. The American coast 
also was seen at intervals between the parallels of 78° 45’ and 
71° 30’. While few stops were made on this side, the land was 
within sufficiently close view to make the recognition of its 
general features possible. Its contrast with the coast of Green- 
land in corresponding latitudes was most instructive. 
In connection with glacial studies, some interesting facts 
were gathered in connection with glacier motion and glacier 
work. Some determinations were also made concerning the 
former extension of ice in relatively recent geological time, and 
concerning recent changes of level. 
In other lines the expedition was successful. Of special 
interest are the two meteorites which were secured at a point a 
few miles off Cape York. The Falcon attempted to reach them 
in 1894, but was unable to do so on account of ice. The larger 
of the stones has a weight of something like three tons, while the 
weight of the smaller probably does not exceed one thousand 
pounds. Both appear to be wholly metallic. DS: 
What appears to be authentic information concerning the 
Jackson-Harmsworth polar expedition has been recently pub- 
lished by the London 7Zzmes, from which paper the following 
facts are gleaned. The Windward reached inhabited lands about 
the middle of September in the course of her homeward journey. 
She has experienced an exceptionally severe winter in the Arctic 
regions, and the difficulties arising from extreme cold have been 
aggravated by the fact that she encountered a great amount of 
ice through which she was obliged to force her way. The infor- 
mation furnished by the dispatches indicates that on the 7th of 
September, 1894, the expedition arrived on the coast of Franz- 
