524 Bevieios — Ramsay's Tlnjskal Geology. 



the nortliern side, about Illartlek and Arveprindsens Eiland, some- 

 times attain a height of 2000 feet, and frequently terminate towards 

 the sea in perpendicular walls. In consequence of this greater height, 

 the snow lies there longer in the summer, which gives rise to a con- 

 stant moisture on the hill-slopes ; and these two circumstances pro- 

 duce a landscape and a vegetation of a character different from those 

 of the more southern regions. Several of the valleys on Arveprind- 

 sens Island, as well as their fresh- water lakes and surrounding moun- 

 tain heights, were visited by us. From Eitenbenk we undertook (Aug. 

 29th, Sept. 1st) a boat excursion to Kikertak Island, in the interior 

 of a fjord on the southern part of Noursoak peninsula. Dredgings 

 were made in the water, here chilled by the ice-stream of Tossukatek, 

 and excursions were undertaken along the hill- slopes of Noursoak 

 peninsula to Majorsoeitsiak, with the view of studying the vegetation 

 of that desolate locality, where belts of inland ice extend in the form 

 of glaciers into the valleys, which in many parts are almost bare, 

 covered with stone boulders, Bnd with little" lakes at the bottom. 



The vessel " Rjukan," hired by the Danish Trade, had, on the 28th 

 of August, arrived at Eitenbeuk, and, as the time for our return home 

 was fast approaching, we sailed on the 7th of September by that vessel 

 to Godhavn, where Nordstrom had already arrived. The botanical 

 and zoological excursions, which on our former visit to this place in 

 July had been interrupted by the preparations for boat journeys, 

 were now resumed, while the vessel lay at Godhavn to unload and 

 reload. 



" Frequent falls of snow announced the approach of winter. On 

 the 18th September the "Ejukan" weighed anchor for Sukkertoppen 

 (the Sugar-loaf), in South Greenland. When, on the 22nd of Sep- 

 tember, we reached that colony, the winter had already commenced, 

 and snow a foot deep covered the ground. Though the vessel cleared 

 by the 4th of October, we were detained, by contrary winds and the 

 consequent failure of our repeated attempts to get out of the harbour, 

 till the 21st of October. Favoured during the rest of the voyage by 

 a fair wind, which for some days on the Atlantic rose to a storm, 

 we al-rived at Kleven, in Norway, on the 11th of November, whence 

 we started by steamboat, and arrived at Gothenburg on the 17th of 

 November." 



laEViE'ws 



I. — ^The Physical Geology and Geography of Great Britain. 

 By A. 0. Eamsay, LL.D., F.E.S. Third Edition. 8vo., pp.- 

 349. (London: Stanford.) 



AS a true philosopher ought to subordinate everything to his love 

 of truth, one of his principal characteristics must ever be a 

 tendency to change opinion with the progress of discovery, without 

 regard to his reputation for consistency. Among the great living 

 philosophers whose opinions have changed on many important 

 subjects, we must include Professor Eamsay. It is true that such 

 changes of opinion are not calculated to inspire the outside world 



