﻿288 HOPPNER RIVER. August, 



A little to the eastward of Point Clifton, there 

 are cliffs of limestone, from whence to Inman's 

 River the beach is alluvial and shingly. The river 

 flows between high gravel banks and alluvial cliffs ; 

 and to the eastward of it, the limestone rises in suc- 

 cessive terraces to the height of four hundred feet 

 above the sea. The eminences which this formation 

 produces are long and round -backed, and it abounds 

 in narrow deep ravines or fissures. 



At Point Wise, the cliffs are composed of crum- 

 bling earthy limestone, containing chert in layers 

 and nodules. From this point, at sunset, Wol- 

 laston Land was distinctly seen at the distance 

 apparently of thirty miles. 



On the morning of the 21st, we passed two ranges 

 of high limestone cliffs, at the second of which, 

 lying to the eastward of Hoppner River, we put 

 ashore to prepare breakfast. The ice under this cliff 

 was loaded with many tons of gravel. Wollaston 

 Land, as seen from hence, appeared to have its 

 summits and ravines covered with snow, but the 

 channel being filled with ice, the ice-blink rendered 

 the true form and condition of distant land very 

 uncertain. 



One of our boats having been injured by the ice 

 and rendered leaky, we put ashore early at Cape 

 Young to repair the damage, which was effected 

 in the course of the evening. 



