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beacli, cliffs of basalt protrude, at the height of two 

 hundred and fifty feet above the water. A short 

 way to the westward also of the point, cliffs of 

 basalt rise from the beach. This stone breaks up 

 here into cubical blocks, many of which are piled 

 up at the foot of the clifi*. These fragments and 

 the basaltic shelves at the base of the cliff, are sculp- 

 tured by fine acute furrows, and polished by the 

 action of ice and gravel, the scratches being gene- 

 rally perpendicular to the line of coast, but occa- 

 sionally crossing each other. The Melville Range 

 is about five miles distant from this part of the 

 shore, and presents many mural precipices and 

 ravines on its acclivity. The highest points did 

 not appear to rise more than seven or eight hun- 

 dred feet above the sea. An undulated grassy 

 country intervenes between the range and the 

 shore. 



In the evening we encamped on a point situated 

 in latitude 69° 30' N., to the Avestward of Point 

 Tinney. The sea-bank shelves down from the 

 general level of the country here one hundred and 

 fifty or two hundred feet, and, being cut by 

 ravines, shoAvs conical eminences when seen from a 

 boat. The diluvium is at least forty feet thick. 



August 1 ^th. — This morning we crossed the mouth 

 of Buchanan River, which is a very small stream in 

 this month, but the channel which it fills in time 



