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Narsarsiik, the name of which in the Esquimaux language 

 is said to signify «the Great Plain» , lies between the inner 

 part of the Firths of Igaliko and Tunugdliarfik. The nearest 

 place inhabited by Greenlanders is Igaliko on the firth of the 

 same name. If, setting out from this place, one wants to visit 

 the mineral locality, one first has to travel from the northern 

 end of the firth in a northerly direction, traversing a ground 

 covered with gravel and but little elevated above the surface of 

 the firth. Across this gravelly plain runs a tolerably large 

 stream, coming from the valley between the mountains of 

 Iganek and Igdlerfigsalik. The gravel consists chiefly of de- 

 composition products washed down from the sloping sides of 

 these mountains. After about half an hour's walk from the 

 firth in the direction mentioned above a steep mountain wall 

 300 metres in height is reached , after ascending which one 

 stands on Narsarsuk. 



Narsarsuk forms a fairly level plateau , extending two or 

 three kilometres from north to south with a breadth of some- 

 what more than a kilometre. To the north-east of this plateau 

 rise the mighty mountain masses of Igdlerfigsalik, from which 

 it is separated by a saddle-shaped valley with a water-parting 

 in its midst. In the southern part of this valley the water runs 

 towards the south, joins the above-mentioned water-course 

 and flows through the gravelly plain into the Firth of Igaliko. 

 In the northern part of the valley a rapid stream (which also 

 takes its rise on Igdlerfigsalik) rushes northward to Tunugdliarfik. 

 On the south-west the plateau of Narsarsuk borders a some- 

 what irregular depression with a couple of small lakes. The 

 southern lake, which is the larger one, drains its waters into 

 the Firth of Igaliko by means of a small river running through 

 the gravelly plain , where it joins the first mentioned water- 

 course. The waters of the northern lake are discharged into the 

 Firth of Tunugdliarfik. To the south-west of the depression the 

 ground again rises forming a mountain mass named Iliortarfik, 



