PEOFESSOE 1IEEE ON THE FOSSIL FLOEA OF NOETH GEEENLAND. 
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coal; for further along the beqch there was a face of 3 feet of lignite exposed, this 
covered again by foot shale, then 10 feet coarse brownish gritty sandstone, then 2 
feet of hard brownish sandstone, finally 4 feet of hard grey sandstone discoloured in 
some places by iron. On this the alluvial soil rested ; some strata, or a stratum, having, 
however, to all appearance been denuded. The dip 33°. Strike easterly across theWaigat. 
Both the shales and sandstone grit contained innumerable impressions of stems inter- 
laced in every direction, but more particularly in the shales, but, as at Atanekerdluk, 
(nearly directly opposite) there were no leaves, and most of the stems &c. in the shale 
appeared only like lines of charred wood. The coal, though of a poor quality, is yet 
perfectly fit to burn, and some of the exploring ships (M c Clintock’s and Inglefield’s) 
have taken it. 
“ Much debris has been brought down by the stream here as it dashes from the 
mountain, and bursts through the sedimentary strata which lie in its way. Among this 
debris were found fair impressions of leaves. I followed these up, and found them to 
be from the little stratum of hard brown sandstone formerly mentioned. It was, however, 
difficult in our limited time to obtain specimens of the rock on account of the mass of 
deposits above them. The place where these are found in situ is about 100 feet above 
the sea.” 
Mr. Whymper’s Beport goes on to say, “ At this place (Kudliset) coal (lignite) was 
exposed in a cliff on the south side of the bed of a small stream in two seams, 4 feet apart, 
for a length of about 30 feet, difficult to get at. They were 105 feet (by aneroid) above 
the sea, and distant from it about 300 yards. The lowest seam, 2 feet thick, was resting 
on a bed of indurated clay, and between the seams was a coarse and very loose, crumbly 
sandstone. The uppermost seam, 1 foot thick, was capped by a finer and harder sand- 
stone which I could not measure. The whole, above and below, was enclosed by sand. 
“ In the torrent-bed we found some considerable masses of apparently fossilized wood, 
and I followed the stream upwards in hopes of finding leaves. At a height of about 
800 feet I obtained agates in basalt, and following the stream to its source (about 1000 
feet above the sea), came nearly to the foot of the great basaltic cliffs. The specimens 
collected here include hardened clays which have taken form in cavities in the basalt. 
Returning to my party, I found that they had in the mean time obtained some indifferent 
and fair specimens from the torrent-bed and from the sandstone above the coal. We 
afterwards added to their number, but the coarseness of the stone prevented any very 
good specimens from being obtained. Nodules of argillaceous oxide of iron, having 
usually in the centre kernels of the same, were abundant in the stream and in the soil 
at its sides. 
“ After a half-day’s work we had apparently exhausted this locality. The specimens 
obtained were again chiefly taken from the torrent-bed. It was a matter of difficulty, 
if not of danger, to get any from the sandstone above the coal ; and as the natives were 
murmuring frequently at being taken further away than they had agreed, I sent Mr. Brown 
to the south with one boat to examine the coast and then proceed to Ritenbenk, via 
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