60 SypNEY H. Batt: The Mineral Resourses of Greenland. 
various diseases. Capt. KoLDEWEY?) states that the two springs rise 
from granite, the larger having a temperature of 34° C. and the smaller 
about 39° C. The water has a slightly alkaline taste and upon evapora- 
tion deposits a white precipitate. Capt. GRAAH?) (1828) says that there 
are 3 springs all on the northeast side of the island. The two larger are 
dammed and used for bathing purposes by the Eskimos. He gives the 
temperatures as 32.5, 33.8 and 40—41.5° C. respectively. 
1) The German Arctic Exped. of 1869—70 translated by Rev. L. Mercier, Lon- 
don, 1874, р. 212 fi. 
2) Capt. W. A. Graan: Narrative of an expedition to the east coast of Green- 
land. Translated by G. Gordon MacDougall, London 1837 p. 35. 
