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A particular interest attaches in this respect to the study 

 of Jameson Land, which is covered with Quaternary beds. 

 Even if, as will be shown later, the work that has been carried 

 out here has not yielded the contributions to the question of 

 the glacial formations in general that might have been expected, 

 it has, however, given rise to various interesting interpretations 

 of the geological development of the district. 



Some of the results of these investigations are contained 

 in the following pages. That these investigations are incomplete 

 is willingly admitted; they necessarily suffered from the same 

 difficulties that always attend expeditions of this nature: the 

 splitting up of the time upon various tasks, the comparatively 

 short time available for each of those (during the summer there 

 were in all about 35 days on which any considerable time 

 could be devoted to work on land along the Greenland coast, 

 and some of these, moreover, under unfavourable circumstances), 

 and the impossibility of remaining on one spot and carrying 

 out special investigations there. But at the same time it is 

 incumbent on me to give expression to the exceeding kindness 

 which the leader of the expedition extended to me, and which 

 enabled me to pursue my investigations with a freedom that is 

 not usually within reach of those who take part in expeditions. 



The district, the examination of which is the chief basis 

 of the description that follows, is composed of the stretch of 

 coast between Cape Dalton at 69° 25' N. and Scoresby Sund, 

 of the tracts round the 3 large fjords, Scoresby Sund, Fleming 

 inlet and Davy Sund, and Kong Oscar Fjord with its southern- 

 most forks, Segelsällskapets (Royal Yacht-Club) Sund and Fors- 

 blad Fjord. A few days were also spent on Sabine Ö situated 

 considerably further north (74° 30' N.), besides which a landing 

 was made at С Borlase Warren. Observations taken at these 

 places may serve to amplify tlie remaining results. The same 



