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tion, accomplished his perilous journey along the East coast 

 of Greenland to Angmagsalik. 



Hartz's detachment landed on the 31^' of July near Dino- 

 saurus River, about one and a quarter Danish miles (9,4 kilo- 

 metres) north of Cape Stewart. Here, at a height of about 110 

 feet (35 metres) above sea-level, Hartz found a block of sand- 

 stone bearing the footprint of a Saurian, which according to 

 Fraas was that of a Dinosaur. Hartz believes the sandstone 

 to have been derived from the Jurassic beds there exposed. 

 Hartz also found in the same locality some good fossils, mainly 

 Lamellibranchs and Belemnites, in loose blocks derived from a 

 sandstone bed, which was exposed at a height of about 600 feet 

 (188 metres) above sea-level; and, on the shore below, in loose 

 pebbles, were a large number of beautiful Pectens (Peden Ste- 

 wartianus, Lundgr.). 



Deichmanw and 0. Nordenskjold, members of the expedition, 

 spent from the 2"^^ to the 1^^ of August in making a journey 

 into the interior of the northern part of Jameson's Land. On 

 their return, they reported amongst other things, that innumer- 

 able Ammonites lay scattered about on the plateaux inland ; 

 they brought specimens of the Ammonites back with them. 



On the 9*'^ of August, Koch and Hartz sailed for Point 

 Constable. In Mount Nathorst at a height of about 1625 feet 

 (510 metres) above sea-level, they observed a huge oyster-bank 

 (probably identical with that mentioned by Nathorst, see p. 167) 

 containing innumerable oyster-shells, beautifully preserved, be- 

 sides many other Lamellibranchs and Belemnites. Somewhat 

 higher up, a crinoid-sandstone with many stems and arms of 

 Crinoids {Pentacrinus) occurred. 



On the 1 1*'^ of August, Hartz found some richly fossiliferous 

 beds containing plant-remains in the lower part of VardeklöftM 



^) According to information kindly given by Hartz, Vardeklöft is the 

 place on the coast where Ryder's expedition landed in 1891 and which 

 was described as approximately south-west of the Fame Islands, see 

 p. 164. — Meddelelser om Grönland. Hefte 19, 1896. p. 165. 



