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western extremity of the bay, and forms the 

 various mountainous islands that block its 

 mouth. Everywhere the ridge stands up as an 

 impressive rocky barrier to the view from 600 

 to 1,000 feet in height, attaining in some places, 

 as at Mount St. John, a few hundred feet more 

 of altitude. This mountain is entered on the 

 charts as 1,476 feet in height. Low, the Cana- 

 dian geologist, states that several of the sum- 

 mits in this belt are more than 2,500 feet above 

 sea-level, and Hind found some of the mountain 

 ranges about the Moisie River to be 3,000 feet 

 high. 



The top of the ridge, although nearly level, 

 presents rounded gaps, through which higher 

 mountains can be seen. To the west of the 

 Moisie River the mountains are wooded to their 

 summits, while to the east of this point they 

 stand up as barren rocky ridges, clothed here 

 and there only with patches of forest growth. 

 During the early part of our visit, snow was 

 plentiful in the ravines, but it grew less towards 

 the end of June. Everywhere this ridge in- 

 vited and mocked us, and we longed to reach 

 it, and explore its rocky fastnesses. Its barren 

 appearance like that of the rocky hills further 



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