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GREENLAND VOYAGE. 
is totally different from any of the surrounding- 
country that I had an opportunity of visiting,— 
the whole of these being primitive formations, 
whilst on Jameson’s Land, as far as examined, no 
primitive rocks were found, but only such rocks as 
belong to the series of the coal formation. 
The latitude this day was 70° 25'; longitude 
22° 21' 45" W. 
Not having met with a sufficient number of 
whales to tempt us to remain in this inlet, we be¬ 
gan to beat out of it with the first breeze, which 
set in from 'the south-east. At midnight (26th,- 
27th) we stood close in with the southern shore, 
which was here clear of ice, and sent a boat to¬ 
wards a creek, about five miles to the westward of 
Cape Brewster, for the purpose of collecting spe¬ 
cimens of the vegetable and mineral productions. 
The party sent on this excursion, ascended one of 
the mountains until they got a view of the sea 
to the southward, and traced the coast along, al¬ 
most up to Cape Brewster: they remained on 
shore all night, and returned about ten in the 
morning. I was much disappointed in the result 
of this expedition; for although the officer who 
had the charge of the party, had accompanied me 
on a former excursion, and had witnessed the man¬ 
ner of collecting specimens, yet he contented him¬ 
self with gathering a few pieces of calcedony, and 
