HAUGHTON, GEOLOGY OF TAERY ISLANDS, ETC 547 



(5.) Pkof. Haughton on the Geological Results of the Voyage 

 of the " Fox." Op, cit. 



Vol. iii., p. 53. During the voyage of the *' Fox," and the 

 sledge-journeys made by her officers from Bellot's Strait, in the 

 autumn of 1858 and spring of 1859, many fossils were found, 

 which were brought home by Captain M*Clintock, and presented 

 to the Koyal Dublin Society. These specimens complete our 

 knowledge of the south and east shores of North Somerset, of the 

 east and west shores of Boothia Felix, of King- William's Land, and 

 to some extent, of the south and east shores of Prince-of- Wales 

 Island. I have also received through Captain M'Clintock, a few 

 specimens collected by Sir E. Belcher, in the extreme north of the 

 Queen's and Belcher Channels. By the aid of these I have been 

 enabled still further to complete the geological map of the Arctic 

 Archipelago, which I published in vol. i., of this Society's Journal 

 in February 1857. 



The whole of North Somerset, Boothia Felix, King- William's 

 Island and Prince-of- Wales Land is thus proved to be of Silurian 

 age, although the evidence as to whether it is of Upper- or Lower- 

 Silurian age is contradictory, as characteristic fossils of both 

 epochs are found throughout the whole area. 



From Sir E. Belcher's specimens it is evident that the Carboni- 

 ferous rocks, including seams of ironstone and coal, extend through 

 Buckingham Island, to the north-east, in the Victoria Archi- 

 pelago. The following lists contain the names of the principal 

 specimens identified : — 



1. North Cornwall. Lat. 77° 30' N., long. 95° W. 



This land lies to the N. of Exmouth Island, on which the 

 YeYtehrx of Ickthi/osatirtcs V7eve found. {See Belcher's 

 " Last Arct. Voy.," ii., p. 389,) The specimens appear 

 to be stones collected on the ground. They consist of 

 earthy limestone, quartz-pebbles, and a kind of granite 

 not found elsewhere in the Arctic Regions ; it is com- 

 posed of quartz, black mica, and grey translucent felspar. 

 Sir E. Belcher states that the ravines consist of sand- 

 stone, and contain large masses of clay-iron-stone, septaria^ 

 nodules of iron-pyrites, and coal, not hi situ ; together 

 with sub-fossil shells, strewed on the ground. 



2. Buckingham Island. Lat. 77° 10' N., long. 91° W. 



Composed of clay-iron-stone and dark ferruginous shales. 

 The specimens of coal and iron-stone brought from this 

 island by Sir E. Belcher bear a striking resemblance to 

 those found by M'Clintock in Liddon Gulf, Melville 

 Island ; and it is worthy of remark that a line drawn from 

 Liddon Gulf to Buckingham Island coincides with the 

 strike of the Carboniferous beds laid down on the map 

 [not reproduced here]. Boulders of a binary granite, 

 composed of grey quartz and pinkish-red felspar, were 

 also found on this island. 



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