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mountains of granite occur. One such mountain 

 is Mt. Edinburgh, the lofty sentinel of southern 

 Vancouver Island. To climb the rocky side of 

 this high peak is a famous feat among the 

 scientific accomplishments of the Station. 



The student continually searches for evidence 

 of age as he scans the rocks. Nov^here is there 

 a clue to guide liim. They look very old; they 

 are tilted and crumpled; veined and diked; 

 worn away and carved again, but not one fossil 

 and nowhere a contact relation which will give 

 ground for a reasonable guess. From contact 

 relations at other localities geologists have as- 

 signed this formation to the Cambrian age. But 

 knowledge is still obscure. Both structure and 

 environment ])oint to a great antiquity; be- 

 yond this nothing is disclosed. The Sphinx 

 reigns. 



In traversing the coast from Providence Cove 

 to the contact line marking the top of the shales 

 on the west side of Port Renfrew bay, one be- 

 comes conscious of an extensive rock formation. 

 '^How thick is this series?" he asks, for much 

 of the way has been occupied in walking across 



