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No. 5. — The Geology of the Northeast Coast of Labrador. 

 By Eeginald A. Daly. 



TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Introduction 



Itinerary of the cruise 



Observations on Topography and 



Bed-rock Geology . . . 



From the Straits of Belle Isle to 



Paul's Island 



General Topography . . . 



The Geology 



Sedimentary rocks at Pomi- 



adluk Point 



Sedimentary rocks at Aillik 



Bay 



The Nain gabbros .... 



The Kiglapait 



The Kaumajet Mountain group 

 The Torngat Mountain range 



Topography 



The Geology 



The Ramah Sedimentary 



Series 



Observations in and about 

 Nachvak Bay .... 

 Topography and scenery 



{Bearings refer to the true Meridian.') 



Introduction. 



In the late summer of 1899, Mr. Huntingdon Adams, of the class of 

 1901 at Harvard, paid a flying visit to the coast of northern Labrador. 

 He was so impressed with the beauty of the fiords and mountains of the 

 country that he conceived the idea of organizing a party which should 

 spend the following season exploring in the same region, with intent to 

 bring back more definite information regarding its general geography 

 than had yet been obtained. "With the advice and aid of Prof. E. B. 

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