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that the fragments originated from icebergs for the most part, 

 though it is not possible to draw any certain conclusions from 

 their nature. 



The samples obtained from along the Liverpool Kyst 

 show a somewhat characteristic mixture of rocks. As the 

 country inland from the coast consists as far as we know 

 exclusively of granite or gneiss, these rocks would be expected 

 to predominate in the samples, but this is not at all the case 

 in the greater number of these. The first few samples Nos, 26, 

 27, 29 and 31, show about the same composition as regards 

 rock-fragments; taken together they contain 38 of granite- 

 gneiss, 30 sediments, and only 3 of basalt. This last circum- 

 stance excludes the possibility that many of the stones were 

 derived from icebergs coming from farther north, as it has been 

 already proved that this being the case, the amount of basaltic 

 material would not be much less than the other ingredients. 

 Neither could it be imagined that the fragments originated from 

 moraines at the bottom of the sea, as, in that case, the depo- 

 sition of material at the sea-bottom must have taken place 

 much more slowly than we have otherwise reason to suppose 

 likely. If the fragments had been derived directly from land 

 or from rocks at the bottom of the sea, as it would seem most 

 natural to expect they probably would have consisted exclusively 

 of granite or gneiss. The sediments must therefore have a 

 different origin, and we can hardly imagine otherwise than that 

 they came with the coast-ice from the outer parts of Davys 

 Sund, and from Fleming Inlet and Carlsberg Fj ord. If we 

 consider the constitution of the sedimentary rocks, this corres- 

 ponds very well with the geological conditions of these parts. 

 Out of 30 rock-fragments, 17 are quartzite or hard sandstone 

 which may have been derived from the Devonian, 7 are loose 

 sandstone from the .Jurassic, 6 are slates, the origin of which 

 cannot be closer determined, seeing that the geological condi- 

 tions at Fleming Inlet and Carlsberg Fjord are not as yet 



