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2. The Granite of the south end of Greenland, from along 



the east coast, on King-Christian-IV. Land, Sedlevik 

 Island, the district of Friedrichsthal and Lichtenau, and 

 elsewhere. It is hornblendic at Munarsoit. It contains 

 apatite at the South Cape of Christian's Island. 



3. Eudialyte-syenite of the Kittisut Islands, W. of Fried- 



richsthal. Elaeolite in the Island of Kikkertarsursoak. 



4. Orthoclase -porphyry, piercing the hornblendic granite 



and over-lying red sandstone of Igalliko Fjord. 



5. The Diorite of the many greenstone-dykes in the granite 



of both East and West Greenland is mostly a coarse- 

 grained mixture of hornblende and plagioclase. 



6. Diabase, of plagioclase and augite, occurs on King-Chris- 



tian-IV. Land, and is not common. 



7. The Gabbro of the Lichtenau Fjord consists of plagioclase, 



diallage, and pinchbeck -brown mica. 



8. ^* Weichstein " (" soft stone ") of the Greenlanders : — 



L Serpentine, at Unortok Fjord, bordering a dyke of 

 dioritic porphyry. 2. Clinochlore, (loc. incog?). 

 For some of these localities, compare Giesecke's List, above, 

 p. 349. — Editor. 



CIX.— Spitzbergen. 



Besides the references to the Natural History and Geology of 

 Spitzbergen in this "Manual" {see Index, &c, ), nothing can be given 

 here except references to, and brief notes from, some of the more 

 important memoirs and books concerning the country, such as : — 



I. (1.) Paul Gaimard. Voyage en Islande et au Greenland, 

 sur la Corvette "La Recherche," en 1835-36, &c. In parts, 

 8vo." Paris, 1838-40 (?); and Atlas, fol. 



Histoire de la Voyage, &c. (I., 1838). Instructions for Sweden, 

 Norway, and other parts of Scandinavia ; for Spitzbergen (p. 412), 

 Bear Island (p. 414), Jan Mayen (p. 424). At p. 415, Elie de 

 Beaumont notices the possible relation of the Carboniferous plants 

 of Cherry (or Bear) Island, with those of Melville Island and 

 Ingloolik Bay (Parry). Full geological descriptions and illustra- 

 tions of Iceland are given. 



In the Atlas, the plate of Cardium Grcenlandicum by Beck 

 (for both Iceland and Greenland), is the only Nat. Hist, illustra- 

 tion for Greenland, except some Fish. 



The " Recherche " had in 1 836 visited Iceland, and rounded^S. 

 Greenland, touching at Fredrickshaab, of which place and its 

 people the Atlas contains some views. The " Lilloise," which the 

 " Recherche " went to seek, had visited the East Greenland coast 

 in Lat. 69° N., and Long. 27° W. in 1833. 



