6 den i Havet udstikkende Halv0 “_ZEg0en” med sin “Kalv” (Fig. 2). Mod Sydost saaes under Taagen Jan Mayens Syd-Lands 0stkyst, med Lagunen og dens Void, og de frit staaende af Havet opragende Bergknauser “Lodsbaaden” og det fjernere “Fyrtaarnet”. Hr. Scliiertz’s Billede giver en udmerket Forestilling om dette Parti. Til Grand for samme ligger en Skitse taget fra Hpj deryggen. ’ Da Taagen, soul naevnt, denne Dag dtekkede Hejderne, ere disse til- f0jede efter de fra Ankerpladsen paa 0stsiden et Par Dage senere tagne Skitser. Mod Nord kunde iiLgen fremtr;edende Tra?k i Land- skabet sees under Taageranden. Paa Tilbagevejen til Lan- dingspladsen fulgte jeg en liden Bak mellem de to nsevnte Kratere i Syd for Mary Muss Bugten. Den forsvandt i Sandet fprend den naaede Havet. Fra dette Punkt teg- nede jeg Skitsen til Fig. 1. der viser “Fugleberget” fra Siden, til Yenstre af samme Havet, til Hojre den vestlige Lagune. Samme Formiddag samlede Dr. Danielssen Planter paa Hoj deryggen og paa Skraaningen af det storre Krater (Krater Danielssen) i Syd for Landingspladsen. En Polar- raw, der blev opjaget paa Hoj deryggen eller Ejdet, blev skudt med Expressrifie af Lieutenant Petersen. Det rolige Vejr vedvarede om Eftermiddagen, og nye Excursioner foretoges i Land. Fra Landingspladsen gik jeg forst over den indre og ydre Skraaning af Fuglebergets Affald mod Sydost, og derpaa tilvenstre i Dalen indenfor Fugleberget, indtil jeg naaede den vestlige Lagune. For at komme fra Lagunens sydlige Strand ben til den Tange, som skiller den fra Havet, maatte jeg passere en Ur af tildels store skarpkantede Lavablokke, der her danner Over- fladen af -‘Fuglebergets" lLiod Lagunen vendende Fod. Lagunen bar ferskt Yand. Den er saa dyb, at Bund ikke kunde sees paa en kort Afstand fra Stranden. Tangen, som skiller Lagunen fra Havet, var 200 Skridt (140 Meter) bred. Dens bojeste Ryg laa, efter Maaling nied Aneroidbarometer, 8 a 9 Meter over Havets Niveau. Lagunvandets Niveau laa 5 h 6 Meter under Tangens Ryg. eller omtrent 3 Meter bojere end Havets Niveau. Paa Tangen laa megeii Rtekved og mange Hvirv- ler og Kjaiver af Hval. Der fandt jeg ogsaa et Flotliolt, c. 10 Cm. langt, 7 Cm. bredt, 2 Cm. tykt, af Bark. For- skjellige Stykker bredbladet Tang laa opskyllede paaYder- kanten af samme Yold. Dennes Lamgde ansloges til en Kvartmil og Lagunens Bredde til lienimod det 4 samme. Der saaes Raskved liggende ogsaa paa Lagunens, sondre, steep declivity, beneath which stretches a broad expanse of low-lying foreshore, forming the inner boundary of the long eastern lagoon. Looking east from the heights above, I bad before me the “iEgoen” (Egg-Island) peninsula, with its “call” — small detached islet (Fig. 2). In the south-west, we could sight beneath the fog the east coast of the southern part of Jan Mayen, with the lagoon and its barrier, and, rising abruptly from the sea, two isolated rocks, known as “Lodsbaaden" (the pilot boat) and “Fyrtaarnet’-’ (the light- house). Mr. Schiertz has given in the plate an excellent view of this fine coastal scenery, sketched from the ridge overlooking the sea. The mountain summits having, as previously remarked, been wrapped in clouds on our arri- val, that part of the picture was filled in from sketches taken a day or two later from our anchorage on the east side of the island. North, no prominent feature of the scenery could be discerned below the fog. On my way back to the landing- place, I followed the course of a rivulet between the two craters south of Mary Muss Bay. Before reaching the sea, this little stream was lost in the sand; and here I sketched the “Fugleberg” — a side-view, to the left the ocean, to the right the western lagoon (Fig. 1). Tha same afternoon Dr. Danielssen collected speci- mens of the insular flora on the mountain ridge and on the slope of the great crater (Danielssen’s crater), south of the landing-place. A polar fox, roused, I 'believe, among the rocks of the mountain ridge, or on the isthmus, was shot by Lieutenant Petersen with an “Express” rifle. The weather still continuing fine, further excursions were made in the afternoon. From the landing-place I took a south-easterly direction, crossing the south-western ridge of the Fugleberg, and then, turning to the left, struck off down the valley on the shore-side of the cliff', till I came to the western lagoon. In making my way from the south shore of the lagoon to the strip of land stretching between it and the sea, I had to pass an incline of debris over part of which were dispersed large, sharp-edged blocks of lava, that hereabouts form the base of the fowling-cliff on the side facing the lagoon. The water of the lagoon is fresh, and apparently of considerable depth, since the bot- > tom could not be discerned at a short distance from shore. The harrier separating the lagoon from the sea, measures 200 paces (460 feet) across. Its highest ridge, as determined from observations with the aneroid baro- meter, attains an elevation of 28 feet above the level of the sea. The surface of the water of the lagoon lies 18 feet lower than the ridge of the barrier, or about 10 feet above the level of the sea. On the harrier there was a good deal of driftwood, along with the vertebra- and jaws of whales. There, too, I found a float of bark, about 4 inches long, 3 inches broad, and 3/4 inches thick. Divers fragments of broad-leafed seaweed had been washed on to the outer slope of the barrier. The length of the latter

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