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that correspond to them on land. They show here an extra- 

 ordinary development, and few places on earth, should their origin 

 be made a subject of special investigation, are better suited to 

 the purpose; the opportunities are especially fine for observing 

 to what extent the character of the fjords is changed hand in 

 hand with the variations of the rocky bed. It is only a pity 

 that at present hardly anything is known about their submarine 

 relief. That sills occur at the entrance of several of the fjords 

 seems to be certain; at the inner arms, such as NW. fjord, that 

 is evident from the number of icebergs stranded at their mouth. 

 On the other hand it looks as if the larger fjords, at least 

 Franz Joseph Fjord and Davy Sund, were continued some way 

 into the sea by deepish channels. 



Theoretically very interesting are the considerable longi- 

 tudinal valleys, or "channels" (in the terminology applied to 

 other coasts), connected with the fjords and apparently showing 

 that they are not exclusively indebted for their origin to the 

 erosion of ice. It is at least hard to imagine that this should 

 have moved forward with any force in the inner connecting 

 branches of Scoresby Sund (Rodefjord, Rypefjord, and others) 

 while it is easier to understand why Kong Oscar Fjord, in spite 

 of its direction, should have succeeded in forming the outlet 

 channel for a huge glacier. 



That dislocations in the crust of the earth have here played 

 a certain part is beyond doubt. Smallish faults can often be 

 observed along the shores of the fjords, but to what extent these 

 have been of any importance in the formation of the valleys 

 cannot be shown. Both the outer, broad part of Scoresby Sund, 

 and Hurry Inlet owe their shape — which differs, especially in 

 the former case, from that usual to fjords — as well as their 

 position, to the boundary between the loose, Mesozoic rocks 

 within the Jameson territory and the adjacent, hard basalts and 

 archaic rocks. 



With reference to the details in the topography of the 



