The voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe; with a historical review of previous journeys along the north coast of the Old World . 78. 0. Finsch, Reise nach West-Sihirien im Jahre1876. Berlin, 1879. A bibliographical list has been drawn up by Countvon Waldburg-Zeil under the title, Litteratur-Nachweis fur das Gebiet desunteren Ob. ^ Nordenskiold, Redogorelse for en expedition till mynningen af Jeinsej ocJiSibirien ar 1875, Bih. till Kongl. Handl, vol. iv., No. 1, 15S THE VOYAGE OF THE VEGA. [chap. Lundstrom and Stuxberg, on a headland projecting a little fromYalmal, on the
The voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe; with a historical review of previous journeys along the north coast of the Old World . 78. 0. Finsch, Reise nach West-Sihirien im Jahre1876. Berlin, 1879. A bibliographical list has been drawn up by Countvon Waldburg-Zeil under the title, Litteratur-Nachweis fur das Gebiet desunteren Ob. ^ Nordenskiold, Redogorelse for en expedition till mynningen af Jeinsej ocJiSibirien ar 1875, Bih. till Kongl. Handl, vol. iv., No. 1, 15S THE VOYAGE OF THE VEGA. [chap. Lundstrom and Stuxberg, on a headland projecting a little fromYalmal, on the north side of the mouth of a pretty large landing place was situated in lat. 72 18, long. 08 42. Theland was bounded here by a low beach, from which at a distanceof one hundred paces a steep bank rose to a height of from sixto thirty metres. Beyond this bank there is an extensive,slightly undulating plain, covered with a vegetation which indeedwas exceedingly monotonous, but much more luxuriant thanthat of Vaygats Island or Novaya Zemlya. The uniformity ofthe vegetation is perhaps caused, in a considerable degree, by. PLACE OF SACRIFICE ON YALMAL. After a drawing by A. N. Lundstrom. the uniform nature of the terrain. There is no solid rock ground everywhere consists of sand and sandy clay, in whichI could not find a stone so large as a bullet or even as a pea,though I searched for a distance of several kilometres along thestrand-bank. Nor did the dredge bring up any stones from thesea-bottom off the coast, a circumstance which, among otherthings, is remarkable, because it appears to shoAv that the strand-ice from the Obi and Yenisej does not drift down to and meltin this part of the Kara Sea. Nor do the sand beds contain anysub-fossil shells, as is the case with the sand beds of the Yenisej IV.] SACRIFICIAL PLACE ON YALMAL. 150 tundra. Noahs wood also appears to be absent here. Tojudge from our observations at this place, the peninsula betweenthe Gulf of Obi
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