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coast of equal leniïlli, wliether this tract is situated in the bays 

 or out in tlie sea. It will thus easily be seen that the water 

 in the bays must contain comparatively very large quantities 

 of clay. Even if now a fair proportion only of this clay is 

 deposited in the bay itself, it is evident that the deposition 

 here will take place much more quickly than in the sea. This 

 explanation however gives rise to the great difficulty, that it is 

 impossible to find any reason why the sandy particles should 

 not be deposited in corresponding quantities. As the above- 

 mentioned localities are situated very near land , even fairly 

 coarse sand-particles would easily be washed out together with 

 the clay. Moreover the colour of the samples is against the 

 supposition that they are formed especially quickly. The brown 

 colour is, as mentioned above, generally a sign of slow deposi- 

 tion, even if it may be due to other circumstances, and of all the 

 samples herein described. No. 46, is particularly distinguished 

 by a very pronounced brown colour. We shall hardly be able 

 to decide these questions without a closer acquaintance with 

 the natural conditions of these localities. Moreover, as shown 

 by the curves, there is some difference between these samples 

 as regards details. No. 43, which came from near the mouth of 

 Fleming Inlet, is the finest as it has no ingredients at all 

 over l°i™, and only 0-7 per Ct. between V20 and l™°i. The 

 curve forms a quite regular arch with maximum between Vise 

 and ^'266™"^. Very characteristic is the large amount of clay- 

 substance found in the sample, larger indeed than is found in 

 any of the other samples. This seems to indicate that the 

 transport of material to the locality in question must be very 

 slight. 



No. 45 was found at the mouth of Carlsberg Fj ord. It 

 differs from the last-named by having a very small quantity of 

 sandy and stony ingredients, but as the sample came from very 

 near land , as is seen by the chart , it is very remarkable that 



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