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siderable interest. These consisted of common 
calcedony, grey amethyst, crystallized white ame¬ 
thyst, magnetic greenstone, coarse brown coal, &c. 
This brown coal belongs to the secondary or lloetz- 
trap formation, and is of the same description as 
the brown coal met with in nearly the same pa¬ 
rallel, on the opposite side of the country, in 
Disco Island. 
The plants collected in our different landings 
at Cape Hope, Cape Stewart, Cape Brewster, 
and on the shores of Hurry’s Inlet, &c. amounted 
to about forty-six species *. Of these, the most 
interesting may be considered to be, the Arnica 
angustifolia, Stellaria nitida (nova spec.), Pedi- 
cularis liirsuta, Lusula arcuata, and the Salix, of 
which the species is doubtful. Fuci were very 
scarce. I only obtained specimens of two species, 
Fucus ciliatus, and Ulva umbilicalis. 
No shells were seen, excepting two or three 
washed specimens of bivalves, of no particular in¬ 
terest or beauty. 
The currents in Scoresby’s Sound are somewhat 
remarkable. There seems to be an interchange of 
waters, produced by the operation of superior and 
* A catalogue of my little Flora, is given in Appen¬ 
dix No. II.: for -which, including the description of new 
species, I have been indebted to Dr Hooker. 
