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omenak's fiord. 
Atlantic, is entertained by many of the more intelli- 
gent Danish, and Esquimaux residents. It is certain 
that on the Atlantic coast a deep sea current drives 
the icebergs seaward; and strong tidal currents on 
the Greenland side are spoken of by the Danes. The 
Esquimaux, too, whose information, however, must be 
received with caution, assert the existence of a well- 
marked indraft. All this points vaguely to an interior 
water connection between the two coasts. 
Both Ovinde Oerme and Omenak's Fiord, the two 
largest indentations of the bay, form at their mouths 
a complicated archipelago ; a fact that lends, at least, 
a certain support to Sir Charles Greiseke's opinion, that 
the so-called peninsula of Greenland is a congeries of 
islands, cemented by interior ice. I will mention at 
another portion of my narrative the exceptions which 
I take to a full acceptation of this view. But a stronger 
indication of the direct connection between this strait 
and the Atlantic may be derived from the geognostic- 
al characters of the two coasts. 
The southern side of the large opening before us 
rose in a green-stone escalade, a series of true trachyt- 
ic terraces, losing themselves in the distance ; while 
on the northern side the formation was evidently pri- 
mary and schistose. This corresponds with the ar- 
rangement described by Scoresby on the Atlantic 
coast. 
I had observed the green-stone extending in un- 
broken continuity from the southern cape of Disco 
(G Kearsak) across the "Waigat ; and though my 
sources of information were limited, I had little doubt 
but that it passed along the promontory of Bittenbank 
to the so-called main, abutting throughout upon waters 
of the sound. A similar range is described by Scores- 
