180 SCOTT’S LAST EXPEDITION [January 
we could see that the cap of the nunatak was formed of jointed 
columns recalling those of Staffa. 
On the south-west face of the nunatak we saw a long lenticu- 
lar mass of yellow sedimentary rock lying above the red granite, 
but below the black dolerite cap. It was quite inaccessible, being 
about 1000 feet up, but I have little doubt that the shales and 
coal were associated with this formation, for the moraine trended 
exactly in that direction. 
Meanwhile Debenham and Forde had reached the central 
hollow of the nunatak, but had not time to ascend one of the 
‘ cusps.’ 
On the 4th—leaving Debenham busy with the plane table— 
we others attacked the nunatak. Gran had his camera, I took the 
theodolite in a ruck-sak, and Forde carried the legs. The eastern 
face of the nunatak consisted of a giant granite bulwark 1800 
feet above the ice. Dark dykes had weathered out somewhat, so 
that it appeared to be pierced for guns. We scrambled up the 
gap between the bulwarks and the deck of the Gondola and found 
the latter occupied by two little lakes. From here we separated, 
Gran making for the north-west cusp while Forde and I chose 
the south-west peak. The slope was very steep and consisted of 
granite and sandstone up to 200 feet. Then everything was 
covered by the broken columns of dolerite. I think, however, 
that hereabouts the sandstone layer was in situ, and in view of 
the paucity of fossiliferous beds in Victoria Land, all such occur- 
rences have an especial interest. 
I reached the top about 2 A.M. and found it 3000 feet above 
the tent. Gran soon appeared on the other peak, which the theo- 
dolite made 100 feet lower—much to his disgust! 
The view was magnificent. A few feet away was a thousand- 
foot precipice above the lower talus slopes. Out to sea we could 
see miles of open water, with floes drifting about therein, but it 
looked no nearer than a month ago. I guessed it 10 miles east 
of Cape Roberts (Pennell said the pack ice was nearer 30 miles 
wide). Some four miles to the south was a gap in the mountain 
wall where a low-level distributary glacier seemed to flow into the 
next great valley. The gigantic cliffs at each side were topped 
by natural forts composed of Beacon sandstones and shales. I 
have named this interesting glacier the Miller Glacier—while 
Debenham christened one to the north the Cleveland. He 
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