876 THE JOURNAL OF GEOLOGY. 
completely concealed by fog for some miles. When it again 
appeared, in latitude 65°, as nearly as was determined in passing, 
it presented a very different aspect. As before, the lower por- 
tion of the land, perhaps the lowermost 500 feet, was not seen. 
The contours of the southernmost portion of this stretch were in 
striking contrast with those of the region but a few miles further 
south. Instead of being markedly serrate, the topography was 
thoroughly subdued, and suggested as strongly as topography 
can suggest, that the surface had been heavily and recently 
glaciated. But this was true of the southernmost portion only. 
In latitude 65° 20’, as nearly as was determined, there was a 
sudden change in the appearance of the coast. North of this 
parallel, and extending thence to latitude about 66° 45’ or there- 
abouts, there succeeded a stretch of territory with serrate front 
similar to that which characterized the region in latitude 64° 30’. 
EME OO" AB”, Or thereabouts, this second stretch of serrate topog- 
raphy gave place to a topography of smooth and flowing con- 
tours, indicative of recent glaciation, and corresponding, in all 
essential features with the topography of the coast just above the 
65th parallel. From this point to latitude 69° the coast was 
seen at intervals only; but wherever seen, it presented the con- 
tours which denote vigorous ice-action. The same sort of topog- 
raphy characterizes the coast continuously from latitude 69° 
to latitude 70°, as was seen in our further progress, so that with 
the possible exception of short stretches not seen, glaciation would 
seem to have been continuous along the coast from 66° 45’ to 
70. 
North of this latitude, the coastal topography, while not so 
markedly serrated as that at 64° 30’, or between 65° 20’ and 66° 
45’, was still of such a character as to suggest that if it had been 
glaciated at aii in recent times, the glaciation was not severe. 
On the whole, judging from topography alone, it seemed more 
probable that the coast from about latitude 70° north to the end 
of the Nugsuak peninsula, had not been recently smothered in 
ice, though it is well possible that the ice-cap may have once 
extended beyond its present limits, and that isolated glaciers 
