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This basin will prove interesting to the traveller, not only on 
account of the delightful villages seated on the banks of some of 
the many rivers which empty their waters into it, the picturesque 
and imposing scenery of its borders, and the enormous tides 
which here rise to the height of sixty feet with fearful rapidity, 
but also for the remarkably fine illustrations of the geology of the 
country and the interesting relations of the different formations, 
which are here presented in an unusually distinct manner. The 
geologist will delight to circumnavigate the whole extent of its 
coast, and explore the connexions of the different series of rock 
formations, the highly curious and important junctions of the trap 
with the sandstone, shale, &c. The collector of specimens in 
natural history, will also be richly rewarded for the perils to which 
he may be exposed, by the acquisition of many of the rare and 
beautiful productions of the mineral kingdom. 
The most eligible, and only efficient mode of exploring this 
coast, although not free from danger, is by means of a boat, not 
so large as to be incapable of being rowed in case of failure of 
wind ; for, besides the difficulty of transporting specimens, the 
traveller is constantly in danger of being caught, beneath the 
insurmountable precipices, by the rapid influx of the tides. An 
accident of this kind having nearly happened to ourselves in 
examining the geology of Cape D’Or, where we were under the 
necessity of making our escape by clambering up a mural preci- 
pice three hundred feet high, which was effected with great risk 
of falling with the detached columns on which we depended for 
support, we think it our duty to warn our successors of such 
hazards, and to recommend a boat as the means of safety in such 
emergencies. 
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