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fuller data which he will himself publish in due time, relative to 

 glacial distribution, movement, and many other features, will be 

 an important accession to glaciology. 



A detailed narrative of the excursions made from Anniver- 

 sary Lodge to the ice caps and to the adjacent glaciers does not 

 seem to me to possess sufficient interest, apart from the results, 

 which will be fully described, to warrant giving it a place here. 



Between the 23rd and the 26th of August, the Falcon, which 

 had previously reached the Lodge, visited several points at the 

 head of Ingefield Gulf, and an opportunity was afforded to see, 

 at hand, two of its great glaciers, the Leidy and the Hubbard, 

 and to view from near points a complete panorama of the 

 remarkable group that gathers about the head of the gulf. These 

 lie about one hundred miles back from the general line of the 

 west coast and are opposite the greatest breadth of Greenland's 

 ice cap. 



On the 26th of August the return trip was begun, and, 

 besides further studies of coastal topography, a visit to two addi- 

 tional glaciers on Disco Island, and some study of a coastal 

 plain, very analogous to that of Norway recently described in 

 the Journal by Dr. Reusch, the journey possessed little of 

 scientific interest. Floe ice was still abundant along the "Crim- 

 son Cliffs" and the coast east of Cape York, but the northern 

 part of Baffin's Bay was free from floes on the line of our pas- 

 age, and almost free from icebergs. On the coast of Labradors, 

 which we somewhat closely approached, only a few icebergs 

 were seen. We arrived at St. Johns, Newfoundland, on Septem- 

 ber 15th, which may be said to be schedule time. Here I parted 

 with my aid, Mr. Z. Butler, who had rendered faithful service 

 throughout the trip. Leaving the Falcon at St. Johns in company 

 with Mr. Bridgman, with whom I parted at Halifax, I returned 

 by way of Canada, stopping two days to see the interglacial 

 formations at Toronto, which promise such important evidence 

 bearing on the diversity of the glacial period. 



T. C. Chamberlin. 



