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History, Notes and Speculations.
The authentic history of these interesting aerolites
can be told in a very few words. In 1818 Captain John Ross of the
Royal Navy discovered that the Arotic Coastsign the vicinity of
Cape York were inhabited by a tribe of previously unknown Eski-
mos. Much to his surprise he found in their possession iron,
which they said they had obtained from great masses, forming part
of a mountain in their country. Pieces of this iron taken home
by Captain Ross and analyzed, were found to contain nickel, in-
dicating meteoric origin.
Various unsuccessful attempts to locate this iron were
made, as already noted, during the following seventy-six years, and
the discovery of the Nordenskjold irons at Ovifak, supposed at
first to be meteoric, but subsequently determined to be of terres-
trial origin; gave rise to doubts as to the meteoric origin of
these other more northerly and semi-mythical irons.
In 1894, however, these irons were definitely located and ex-
amined by me and in 1895 I visited them again in company with a
geologist of National reputation and brought them home with me.
Their surroundings and peculiar and unmistakable characteristics,
proved them to be beyond the possibility of a doubt of true mete-
oric origin. Since their arrival in this country they have been,
through the courtesy of the American Museum, on deposit in its
building
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