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Es wurde im pharmaceutischen Laboratorium von Prof. 

 Tschirch, unter der Leitung dieses erfahrenen Harzkenners 

 von Frl. Eriksson untersucht, und als nicht identisch mit 

 echtem baltischen Bernstein (Succinit) erkannt. 



10. Dr. William S. Bruce, Edinburg, Director of the 

 Scottish Oceanographical Laboratory : On the Continuity 

 of the Antarctic Continent hetween Enderby Land, Coats 

 Land, and Graham Land; and on the existence of MorrelVs 

 Land (New South Greenland). 



Dr. Bruce read a communication on the above subject 

 and in the first place speeially referred to an article by 

 him in the August number of the Scottish Geographica! 

 Magazine 1905^^) in which he published a map showing, 

 what he believed to be the coastline of the Antarctic Con- 

 tinent from Enderby Land to Graham Land. Since that 

 time he had had opportunity of looking further into the 

 literature of the subject, especially the old records of 

 Morrell, Biscoe, and Ross, as well as the more recent 

 conclusions reached by Mr. R. C. Mossmann from meteo- 

 rological observations made at Scotia Bay, South Orkneys 

 by himself and others under the auspices of the Argen- 

 tine Government during the years 1904 to 1910. These 

 researches made Dr. Bruce the more convinced, that the 

 outline he had given the Antarctic Continent in these 

 longitudes, was approximately correct. 



The land reported by Biscoe appears to be much 

 more extensive, than it is represented on any chart ex- 

 tending almost certainly from 12^, 22' East to 52° East. 

 There also seems every reason to believe, that the land 

 described by Morrell as lying between 65^ South and 70° 

 South in about 47^ West exists, especially as both Ross'es 



16) „Bathymetrical Survey of the South Atlantic Ocean and 

 Weddel Sea (with Map and Illustrations) by William S. Bruce, 

 P. E. S. E." Scottish Geographica! Magazine, 1905. 



