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 Preface.

Durng the preparation of the fullowing work I how rouxtuntl;

heen reminded of the man to whom the pre~ent and other rich geological collections of the Second Fram Expedition are due, the gifted and assidunus geologinl of the expedition. PER Sunni.

It seems hut yesterday hltlt‘e that interestianr period alter the home- uoming ol the expedition. 7 the autumn of [902 -— uhen Sunni unpacked his rich collections. and we tvegnn together the preliminary examination of the spelzimenst _

l'low his eye; used to gleam “lll‘ll nnything of >|)L‘t'lﬂl homily and

terest rnme to light! How enthusiastiv wo wore over llll‘ wonderful Silurian :md Devonian [tollertions from (loom), Finn]. and the lorer fossils from the oarlmniferoua linmstone at Great lienr (lupol

Many of the specimem awakened m him Ilte‘lltltl'les of «\er memo- rahlo «lays spent in the for north. of journeys illlll adventure“. ne

. ory wonlrl surceed another. and entrant-ed h)‘ his Iln'rl'y humour. or

again at times by a more serious note. work \\'tt\’ often forgotten

Durint7 the followm winter the n'emrnlion of ll||' whole matm at h g

was planned HE] himscll umlorlook the palm}; lltlltl‘ imd geni-

l) were '

geological work. whilst the his. gttﬂl to various npei-iu‘, He threw himself with the grenlu~| energy into the work that he llﬂtl looked forward to during the whole of that long. ﬂltlllttlls ('Xltl‘tllllltll in northern latitudes. The \'le\\~ and h_\'polhel he Ie Everything seemed to he lvright .-md hopeful. and wo hi< rollonguea awnith thv work that \\n~ ulnout to mine trom

and lrienrls eag SCHEI. nonvinred :15 we were that he would prove him~elf to ltt' not

only a fearless mid energolir explorer. lrnt n 'u an ominuntly giltt-d and

original man of sriom'e.