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samples, No. 34 and 36 contain a considerably greater amount 

 than No. 36. The two first-named, which consist of rather 

 homogeneous material, mainly sediments and basalt, were prob- 

 ably derived for the most part from rocks at the bottom of the 

 sea. The small proportion of stones found in No. 35, as also 

 the still smaller quantities in the two other samples, have been 

 derived from icebergs. Whether these icebergs came from 

 Score shy Sund itself, or from the ice-floes further north, is 

 not easy to determine. The circumstance that samples No. 42 

 and 46 which were obtained in Scoresby Sund itself, con- 

 tain so exceedingly few rock-fragments makes it appear that the 

 ice from this bay cannot convey great quantities of these ingre- 

 dients. Bay also says (Medd. om Grønl. 19^ p. 182), that the 

 icebergs and the ice in Scoresby Sund can hardly be con- 

 sidered important as a means of transport along the outer 

 coast, as but little ice seems to pass out of the mouth of 

 the bay. 



Sample No. 37, was obtained from the south-east of Кар 

 Brewster in rather deep water (223 Danish fathoms), and as 

 would be expected from this greater depth of deposition , the 

 main part of the sample is also rather fine, with maximum at 

 about ^ 64™™. Yet some coarser material is also found in it, 

 namely, a small amount of sandy material, which we may 

 presume emanates directly from the not far distant shore, and 

 also a larger proportion of rock-fragments, which, on account 

 of their homogeneous basaltic nature, must be supposed to 

 have originated from rocks at the bottom of the sea. 



Sample No. 40, obtained very near land, southwest of the 

 preceding station, was found at a depth of 90 Danish fathoms. 

 The main mass of the sample, viz. the part originating from land, 

 is not, however, of a particularly coarse nature, though percep- 

 tibly larger-grained than the last sample. No very great amount 

 of rock-fragments is found; these may have been derived either 

 from rocks at the bottom of the sea or from some small rocks 



