in the immediate neighbourhood of the deposit. They consist 

 exclusively of basaltic material. 



Sample No. 41 was obtained even nearer the main-land than 

 the last, and belongs therefore to the very coarsest of the sam- 

 ples. The shape of the curve is rather characteristic, as there 

 is an almost equal amount of the different sizes of grains, yet 

 with an indistinctly marked maximum between 0"05 andO'Ol"^™, 

 and an indication of a pronounced rising on the extreme right. 

 On account of the evenness of the curve throughout its length, 

 it is impossible to distinguish its various ingredients ; their 

 origin is essentially similar to that of the last-named sample. 



The four last samples are of special interest as they were 

 obtained in the bays themselves , where the conditions for 

 deposition are very different from those of the open sea. The 

 coast-erosion especially, which generally produces most of 

 the material in the samples, is considerably less here than in 

 the open sea. For the rest, there is naturally a very great 

 difference between the ^individual samples according to their 

 different situations. 



Sam.ple No. 42 was obtained in Scoresby Sund, south 

 of Кар Hooker, at a depth of 135 Danish fathoms; further 

 details with regard to its position are not known. The main 

 part of the sample consists of rather fine material with maxi- 

 mum of the curve at about O'Ol'^"^; to this is added a pro- 

 portionately large amount of coarser ingredients right up to 

 ymm^ which must have a different origin from the rest, and for 

 this we can scarcely imagine any other cause than that of drift- 

 ice. According to Bay (Medd. om Grønl. 19, p. 182), the flat 

 icebergs inside Scoresby Sund are sometimes quite covered 

 with stones, and since they very seldom seem to come out into 

 the open sea, they may become the cause of a plentiful depo- 

 sition of this material. He does not mention whether the ice- 

 bergs in the bays convey any great amount of clay, but this 

 is hardly likely, as, everywhere along the coast, rocks are 



