452 PEOFESSOE HEEE ON THE FOSSIL FLOEA OF NOETH GREENLAND. 
at Iglutsiak, near Godhavn ; 2nd, at Signifik, between the last-named place and Flak- 
kerhuk; 3rd, at Ujarasusuk (Ujarasuksumitok) ; and 4th, at Kulfelden (Kudliset). 
Specimens from these places are in the University Museum at Copenhagen, and on my 
return I obtained, through the courtesy of Professor J ohnstrup, duplicate specimens from 
the first two named. Until the time of our visit leaves had not, however, been found, 
with the exception of a few specimens by Dr. Lyall. Amber had, however, been found 
at several places, and from this fact, and from the statement by Giesecke, that he had 
himself observed impressions of leaves, there was little doubt but that a more careful 
search would yield results. It was most important to find the place spoken of by 
Giesecke as Kitenbenk’s Kulbrund. There was difficulty in doing so : the natives differed 
among themselves ; but we now know that this name is applied equally to all the places 
along the Waigat coast of Disco from which coal has been taken for Bitenbenk. At 
the present time coal for that colony is only taken from one place on Disco, namely, 
Ujarasuksumitok ; but it has been taken from several others, and hence we were much 
puzzled to determine the precise point to which Giesecke referred. 
“ On arrival at Ujarasuksumitok it was found that the coal was exposed in the cliff by 
the shore, at a height of about 50 feet above the sea. It had been worked a length of 
50 feet to a depth of 4J : one could not say what was the entire depth of the seam, as 
the lower part was covered up by debris *. All the natives were put to work, but for 
some hours we failed to find anything more than wood (up to 5 inches diameter), charred 
stems, doubtful impressions, and a few grains of amber. I then went along the coast 
towards, the north, and was at length rewarded by finding a fair specimen, containing 
leaves, in the bed of a small stream. It was in hardened, warm-coloured clay, similar to 
those obtained at Atanekerdluk. I followed the stream to its source, a height of about 
1000 feet, without finding anything more. Then returning, I went to the south, and in 
another and larger torrent-bed found several others. The natives, now put on the right 
track, soon brought in a fair collection. Gudemann was the fortunate discoverer of the 
Magnolia cone, to which Professor Heer refers, and he was greatly surprised at the 
reward it produced him. 
“ All the specimens collected at this place were obtained from these two torrent-beds : 
Mr. Brown, who followed the fossils up to thei. urce, reported that they came from 
a thin seam difficult to get at. As it was becoming a question whether the boats would 
carry all the specimens we had already collected, I decided to push onwards the same 
night to Kudliset, which, from reports received, seemed a more promising place for 
investigation.” 
Mr. Brown says, “ A few days before our arrival coal had been taken out. The place 
where the mining had been done was a cliff facing the sea. It exhibited shales resting (V) 
on trap, topped again by medium-grained white sandstone, this apparently covered by 
* “ The Danish man at Sakkak informed me that the coal was got ont easily enough during the summer time, 
but that at 'a depth of 12 feet it remained frozen throughout the year. On arriving at the frozen coal they 
commonly wait two or three days to allow it to thaw, before continuing to work it. 
