CHAPTER IX 



THE COUNTRY ROUND LYELL THE NORTH- 

 EAST 



OUR camp equipment, consisting of four military bell- 

 tents, and the usual outfit of cooking utensils and tools, 

 was obtained from the steamer and, together with the 

 necessary provisions, was stored in boats and we once 

 more set out for East River, with the object of making 

 a more detailed examination of the " Millstone Grit," 

 and, if possible, penetrating the country beyond the 

 limestone cliff. 



Arrived in the grit country we found it easy to make 

 expeditions on foot to right and left of the stream, as 

 the forest had given place to grass and heather-covered 

 hills. Many of these were formed of the massive grits, 

 while the intervening shales were exposed in the valleys 

 between. The dip of these beds, like that of the Coal 

 Measures, was towards the south-west and at a low, 

 though variable, angle. 



A close examination of the grits showed them to 

 consist of angular grains of quartz, with occasional pink 

 felspars, and from the coarsest layer we obtained two 

 small pebbles of granite. A careful search failed to 

 reveal any pebbles of limestone in the grit even near 

 to the great line of cliffs. A suggestion that the cliffs 



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