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AS I have already announced in this paper, I started with the Danish expedition in September from Copenhagen, and arrived after a very fortunate voyage of four days in Torshavn, the little capital of Faroe in the isle of Strömö. There I intended to remain while our steamer, with the geologists and engineers, went to the southern island (Suderö), where the miocene coal deposits are to be seen some hundred feet above the level of the sea in the basaltic rocks near the village of Qualbö. As to their researches about the extension of the coal-fields in Sudero, directed by Prof. Johnstrup, and as to the possibility of taking the coals over to Copenhagen at a reasonable price, I cannot say anything now, as the report must first be made to the Minister of the Interior, who will perhaps afterwards publish the results. Some words, however, about my own zoological researches in Torshavn will, I think, have some interest for the readers of NATURE.
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V. WILLTMOES-SUHM, R. Remarks on the Zoology of the Faroe Islands . Nature 7, 105–106 (1872). https://doi.org/10.1038/007105e0
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