SCIENTIFIC RESULTS 



Other characteristics of the thaw are described in one of 

 the extracts taken from my diary and drafted into the 

 general report of the journey in a previous part of the 

 book. 



One other effect of the sun's heat on snow under 

 pecuhar conditions, which I should like to mention here, 

 is the case I noticed of the snow surrounding many 

 boulders in the lowest reaches of the glacier below the first 

 ice-falls. Much of the larger morainic debris was here 

 surrounded by a coating of pure ice under the snow of 

 the drift, and between each boulder and the drift snow 

 was to be seen a transitional granular stage hke that 

 already mentioned, but much more exaggerated, many 

 of the grains nearest the boulder being a quarter of an 

 inch or more in diameter. 



Finally, in closing this short report of the scientific 

 results of the western journey, I should like to pay a 

 tribute to the generous help I received from my com- 

 panions, who thought nothing of climbing screes many 

 hundreds and even thousands of feet in height at the end 

 of a long day's march in order to assist me in obtaining 

 a representative geological collection, so that many of 

 the most valuable specimens secured were collected by 

 them. To Armytage especially, the leader of the party, 

 my thanks are due for the unfailing consideration he 

 showed for the scientific work of the party and for the 

 way he accompanied me on every excursion I made after 

 specimens of any description. For reading the manuscript 

 of this article and suggesting many alterations in the text 

 I am much indebted to Mr. T. F. Sibly, D.Sc, F.G.S. 



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