The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-09-14
GREENLAND.
A COUNTRY FULL OF INTEREST TO THE
NATURALIST GLACIERS -THE THE
DRY OF BIOLOGISTS.
From the Popular Science Review.

From the Popular Science Review.
The glaciers of Greenland bring no
debri from the interior and the short
valleys through which they reach the sea
rarel, unjtes The surface material
which rs inconsiderable, and seldom takes
the form of medal moraine-t together
with hat at its base, is floated off by the
detached bergs which not unfrequent
" capsize IN the iDlets, and thus deposit,
at least, the greater part Of their burden
before reaching the open sea. Hence,
could the submarine surface be inspected,
it would in all probability be found to
consist Of tenacious clay, mbedding
long Inc Of boulders, shells, and bones
of Sc Is and other marine animals. This
mattrr must frequently be re-arranged by
the enormous momentum OF icebergs
grounding upon it. Dr.. Brown mentions
the csse OF a berg which, in 1867, he OBJ
serv,l at the mouth of the WaygatZ, car
rving block of rock that, even at a dis
tame. looked as large as 8 good sized
house.
Greenland, though so intensely cold, and
apparently so cherries, is full Of interest
to tie Daturalist, and by no means with
out croft for the merchant The OUT
akirt.ng land supports luxuriant growth
Of from 800 to 400 species ofplants, some
ofwhich ascend to the height of 1000
feet; many species of SEALS and whales
and f<h sport in these waters, which are
also occupied by invertebrate animals and
seaw ards every rock swarms with wat
erfOWl, while landlords from the south
visit lhe country as nestine-place ;
Count less herds Of reindeer browse in
some Of it's valleys the bark OF the fox IS
to be heard even in the depth of winter !;
and the polar bear is to be seen all the
wear round The Danes at their first
vi8i, found human population there Of
10000 and within their own possessions
there is at present healthy, intelligent,
civil zed race Of hunters Of not less than
10000 souls. Exclusive of the home con-
sumpJIop, the annual exports Of the set
Elements amounted in 1856 to $500 bar
rels lfseal oil. 47 500 seal skins, "a bear
skins, ,714 fox skins, 1914 dog skins, g.
437 lbs of elder down, 5000 lbs of feath-
crs, z39 lbs Of narwhal ivory, 81 lbs of
walrus ivory, and 1896 lbs. Of whale
bone.
G o]ogists have long taught that at
leas, be west Goa st OF Greenland is slow
" sinking below the sea. This doctrine
is confirmed by Doctor Brown, who re-
capirulates the principal points of the ev-
idence on which it rests. The following
are amongst the facts which he enumer-
ates: Near the end Of the last century a
small rocky island Was observed to be en-
tirely submerged at springtide high-Uat-
er, yet on it were the remains Of q house.
rising six feet above the ground; fifty
years Iater the submergence had so far in
creased that the ruins alone were ever
left above water. The foundations Of an
old store house, built on the island ID
1873, are now dry only at low water. The
remains Of native houses are in one local
ity seen beneath the sea- In 1853 the
Moravian Mission establishment was
founded about two miles from Friskern
asset, bnt in fifty years they were obliged
to move, at least once, the posts on which
they rested their large on1iGks or seal
skin boats. Some of the posts may yet
be ST en- under water. The dwellings, of
several Greenland families, who lived on
Savage Point from 1921 to 1876, are now
owe: flowed By every tide. In one locality
the ruins of old Greenland houses are to
be seen at low water.