Introduction. 



JLhe Jurassic deposits in East-Greenland were discovered 

 in 1822 by ScoRESBY jun. From Scoresby's description of 

 Jameson's Land^) and from Jameson's Appendix to the same^), 

 it is seen that Scoresby examined the Jurassic beds of Cape 

 Stewart in Neili's Cliffs and brought away specimens of the 

 rocks. Scoresby brings out, with great distinctness, the striking 

 difference between the structure of Jameson's Land and that 

 of the rest of Greenland: «The western coast of this land 

 [Jameson's Land], that borders Hurry's Inlet» says Scoresby "is 

 more regular than any thing I have seen in Greenland. From 

 the shore, where it is low and almost even with the water's 

 edge, it rises, with an easy slope, to the height of perhaps 

 1500 or 2000 feet perpendicular; and it is so uniform in its 

 ascent and termination, that it constitutes a level ridge, regu- 

 larly diminishing, to appearance, by the effect of perspective, 

 until it sinks down to the level of the sea, in the extreme 

 distance . . . 



Scoresby, William (junior). 1823. Journal of a voyage to the Nor- 

 thern Whale-Fishery; including Researches and Discoveries on the 

 Eastern Coast of West Greenland, made in the summer of 1822 in 

 the Ship Baffin of Liverpool. Edinburgh 1823. p. 191, 193, 202, 204—7. 

 Jameson. 1823. List of specimens of the Rocks brought from the 

 Eastern Coast of Greenland, with Geognostical Memoranda. Appendix 

 No. 1 to the above-named work. p. 399 — 409 of the same 



