244 DR JAMES GEIKIE ON 
he chronicles the occurrence of strize at Westmannshavn, “ directed from 
N. 80° E. (when 30° were allowed for variation).” Since CHAMBERS’ visit no 
geologist, so far as I know, has published any account of the glaciation of 
the islands. Professor Jonnstrur’s interesting paper makes no reference to 
the “superficial geology” of Suderée, and this paper, as I have said, is the 
latest contribution to our knowledge of the geology of the Feerée Islands. 
I shall describe the glacial phenomena under the following heads :— 
Glaciation; Till or Boulder Clay; Erratics and Morainic Débris ; and Lake- 
Basins. Some further remarks on the subject will also be given when I come 
to discuss the origin of the valleys and fiords. 
2. Glaciation of the Islands.—Every island visited by us showed conspicuous 
marks of glacial abrasion. Sometimes the striz were finely preserved, at 
other times they were faint, and only the deeper ruts were conspicuous upon 
the smoothed faces, while in very many cases all the more delicate ice-mark- 
ings had disappeared, and only the characteristic rounded and dome-shaped 
outlines remained. Frequently, too, the roches moutonnées have been broken 
and shattered by the action of frost to such an extent that the glacial form is 
best seen from a little distance. Some of the most perfect examples of striated 
rock-surfaces occur in Stroméde. Thus at Thorshavn we detected a number 
of well-smoothed faces, the direction of the strize varying from E. 40° 8. to 
E. 45° S., the abrading agent having clearly come from north-west. Some of 
these striated faces occur in the little town itself; as, for example, upon 
rounded rocks on the side of a street or road not far from the church. They 
are visible also upon roches moutonnées at various places along the shores of 
the little promontory, upon which a considerable part of the town is built. 
But perhaps the best example is seen upon the side of the path that leads to 
the fort. Here, at the distance of 90 or 100 yards from the latter, there is 
a wide surface of basalt planed down to a level and traversed by long parallel 
striz and ruts which trend E. 35°-45° 8. In the immediate outskirts of Thors- 
havn several other striated faces were observed showing a similar direction ; 
but on one face the direction was more easterly—E. 10° S. Some good 
examples were also noted in the neighbourhood of Hoyviig, a mile or two 
to the north of Thorshavn. At this place fine roches moutonnées may be seen, 
and well-marked striz pointing E. 40° §., which occur both on horizontal, 
sloping, and vertical surfaces. The hills immediately to the west of the town 
show marks of glacial abrasion up to and over their summits (1048 feet), and 
the high ground between Arge and Kirkebde appear in like manner to have 
been smothered in ice, the basalt-cliffs and terraces have been bevelled and 
rounded off, and the hill-slopes generally show a well-marked glaciated contour 
or outline. 
All the steep seaward slopes between Thorshayn and Kalbaksfiord are 
