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ßhips the ,, Erebus" and ,, Terror" inclependently report 

 ,,appearance of land", and ,,land blink" in 65^^ South 

 470 West. 



AH the voyagers to these parts, when in the vicinity 

 of the coastline thus mapped, report the présence of great 

 numbers of birds, including Dr. Bruce himself in the vici- 

 nity of Coats Land. Dr. Bruce pointed out, that the time 

 these navigators wer e sailing in these seas, was the bree- 

 ding ßeason of these birds, and that in conséquence the 

 birds could not have been far from their nests, eggs, 

 and young on the land. 



Ali these voyagers, except Weddell and Morrell, met 

 with closely packed heavy ice, and he maintained, that 

 this ice was packed against the land. The soundings 

 of the ,,Scotia" and ,,Valdivia" ali shelve towards this 

 supposed coastline to the south and to the west, and the 

 samples of deep sea deposits taken by the ,,Scotia" also 

 indicato the présence of continental land. 



. Finally, the meteorologjcal observations taken by the 

 Scottish National Antarctic Expedition in 1902, 1903 and 

 1904, on board the ,,Scotia" and at Scotia Bay, South 

 Orkneys, as Avell as those taken by the Argentines at Scotia 

 Bay from 1904 to 1910 indicate continental land in the 

 vicinity where Morrell says New South Greenland lies. 



11. Herr Dr. A. Bnxtorf, Basel : a) Oberflächen- 

 gesialtimg und geologische Geschichte des nordschweize- 

 rischeii Tafeljura. 



Die ursprüngliche Anlage der Tafel Jurahochfläche ist 

 entstanden bei der Transgression des mittelmiocänen, hel- 

 vetischen Meeres, dessen nördlichste Spuren wir heute aus 

 der Gegend von Fischingen und Hammerstein bei Kandern 

 (Grossh. Baden) kennen (Funde von marinen mittel- 

 miocänen Säugetieren und Haifischzähnen durch M. Mieg 

 und H. G. Stehlin). Diese alte miocäne ilbrasionsf lache ist 

 bis heute da erhalten geblieben, wo sie in harte Kalke 



