scottish WHALERS IN PONDs INLET. 
chapter IX. 
SILURIAN. 
Islands of Group I. 
Flat-lying beds of light-coloured yellow and drab limestone 
occupy the lowlands of the southern and western parts of South- 
ampton island, and also form outliers in depressions in the 
crystalline rocks on the north side of the island, notably at 
Duke of York bay. 
A considerable collection of fossils was brought home from 
the beds forming the southern half of the west coast of the 
