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was greater, and then a considerable precipitation has taken 

 place|in the h'ttle tranquil sounds. Now the flats lie 2 — 5 m 

 above the surface of the water somewhat inclined towards the 

 beach, which is reached in rather narrow interstices between 

 the rocks. Here the surface gets a litle more curved down- 

 wards and ends in a small bluff, where the sea is at present 

 eroding. Their surfaces are strown with small flat stones (up to 



Fig. 6. Young "Rudemark" with Stellaria humifusa in the crevices. Fame 

 Islands. (From photo, by Chr. Kruuse). 



10 cm in diameter) covered with a rather scarce growth, 

 especially towards the centres; but thus the condition of the 

 bottom shows the plainer. During our stay the bottom was 

 completely dry, stonehard and cracked into irregular, polygonal 

 checks with 5 or 6 sides and greatest diameter at a right angle with 

 the slope ("Rudemark", fig. 6 — 8). The cracks separating them 

 are up to 6 cm broad, and one may introduce into them a 17 cm 

 long straw; but they are doubtless often much deeper. I 

 saw them in all developmental stages, now one year old filled 



