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It was first taken at Ikertok-Fjord, 66° 45' N., in an old raised 

 beach till a height of ca. 25 feet. Later on it was found on 

 the small island Nepisat, which is situated ca. 5 miles from the 

 mouth of the Evigheds-Fjord, on the southern side of the fjord 

 and ca. 65° 50' N. The raised beach formed here a slope 

 which was ca. 15 feet high^- Two valves are at hand from 

 the first place and one from the latter ^1. 



If we would be very sceptic we might of course make the 

 objection, that the occurrence of Anomia in the raised layers 

 really do not prove that the layers have been deposited during 

 a more genial climate, as it is a well-known fact that Anomia 

 is no free-living mollusc. It attaches itself to all kinds of 

 objects at the bottom of the sea, among others to sea-weed. 

 For this reason it might be supposed to have floated with 

 sea-weed from the American to the Greenland coast. I have 

 myself felt this weakness in the argumentation and therefore 

 hesitated in calling the attention to these finds of the southern 

 Anomia. 



A find has however of late come to my knowledge which, 

 according to my opinion, seems to make it beyond any doubt that 

 Greenland during a period of the quaternary time has had a 

 warmer marine climate than at present. I have during the 

 later years asked our Greenland visiting naturalists to collect 

 shells from raised beaches and terraces, and among those who 

 have compUed with my request Dr. M. C. Engell has, according 

 to my opinion, succeeded in making an interesting and im- 

 portant find. 



The locality is situated at «the great lake» at 68° 37. 5' N. 

 inside the Orpigsôk or Orpigsuit-Fjord south of Christianshaab. 



') Both localities have been mentioned by J. A. D.Jensen in Medd. om 



Grønland, VIII, 1889, p. 49 and p. 73. 

 ^) These Л^готга -shells are kept in the Mineralogicai Museum of the 



University. Prof. N. V. Ussing has given me the most liberal access 



to the whole material of subfossil shells from Greenland, contained in 



the said Museum. 



