GLACIAL STUDIES IN GREENLAND. 211 
field. It seemed also to receive small contributions from accu- 
mulations of snow on the edge of some of the promontories of the 
upper part of the valley. These were not reached, and the 
observation may be erroneous, but so far as could be judged by 
inspection with a glass at a distance of a mile or less, it would 
appear that large quantities of snow had been accumulated by 
the wind under the protection of some of the promontories, and 
that this gradually passed into the form of a subglacier and 
joined the main tongue. This appeared all the more abnormal 
because valleys immediately adjacent did not appear to contribute 
ice streams to the main tongue. There is perhaps nothing abnor- 
mal in the phenomenon, however, since it is largely a question of 
zolian accumulation, and the facilities for lodgment might, under 
given topographic conditions and special relations to predominant 
winds, be dependent on promontories rather than valleys. 
Below the glacier the valley was found to have a broad, flat, 
gravelly bottom formed by wash from the glacier. Its ascent 
between the beach and the foot of the glacier was about 200 
recta NO moraine fappeared at the end of the glacier. “Phe 
smooth, gravelly bottom extended uninterruptedly up to the very 
edge of the ice. This may as well be seen by consulting the 
accompanying illustrations (Figs. 19 and 21). Not only was 
this true, but on inspecting the terminus of the glacier no signs 
of activity were observable. The photographic illustrations will 
give the reader some suggestion of the inertness that apparently 
prevails. The edge of the ice may be seen to rest upon the 
gravelly bottom of the valley with a thin fringe of snowy resi- 
due which even in the last days of July and with the southern 
frontage remains as a representative of the accumulation of the 
preceding winter, and is still unruptured and undisturbed. On 
following the border of the ice around to the side of the val- 
ley the absence of obvious signs of motion became even more 
declared. Wash from the adjacent slope had obviously been 
carried out upon the edge of the ice and had partially buried 
iteeand: this: had apparently suffered much melting during the 
preceding season or seasons as well as the current one, but no 
