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by the late Rev. B. Latrobe,* among a number of specimens 
sent to him ; it occurs not only in pebbles on the shore, but 
in spots in the rocks in the neighbourhood of Nain, parti- 
cularly neara Lagoon, about 50 or 60 miles inland, in which 
Nain north river terminates. Its colours, dartiug through 
the limpid erystal of the lake, and flashing from the cliffs, 
more especially when moistened by a shower of rain, chang- 
ing continualiy with every alteration in the position of the 
boat, are described as almost realizing ascene in fairy land. 
The same district produces also the Labrador hornblende, 
(hyperstene) anda white stone striped with green, which 
seems to constitute a rock on an island near Nain, and was 
first noticed by the Rev. C. J. Latrobe, among other frag 
ments, which induced him to cause large fragments to be 
broken off and brought over. 
**One of the mountains in the vicinity of Nain, (as well as 
several others in different parts of the coast,) exhibits a species 
of + Mam-tor, continually crumbling away, and shivering 
down into the valley below. 
«The island of Ukasiksalik, free stone island, has derived Its 
name from the quantities of lapis ollaris found there. It is 
probably the most southern place on the coast where this 
mineral occurs, as the missionaries who first visited the Eski- 
mos in Chateau Bay, in the straits of Belle Isle, were told ~ 
by them that they procured the stoue of which their lamps, 
pots, &c., were made from this island. 
*‘At Hopedale the secondary limestone seems to come in ; 
at least we have received from that place fragments of reddish 
carvonate of lime, calcareous spar, and schiefer spar. Mr. 
Latrobe also possesses a madrepore, said to have been found 
there. It isremarkable that the river abounds iu fragments 
of 
* President of the Society for the furtherance of the Gospel establish- 
ed by the brethren. 
t A mountain in the Peak of Derbyshire. Lt, B. 
