Geology 



everything got ready for an early departure. Having 

 changed our clothing and partaken of a hot supper, we 

 retired to our tents for the night. 



The following day we found the river greatly 

 swollen and quite unsafe for our small craft, but we were 

 somewhat reassured by a bright sunny day, and by the 

 fact that only the Centre Valley Stream was in flood, 

 those in East and West Valleys being normal. This 

 fact showed us that the rain had been local, and that in 

 all probability the stream would subside as rapidly as it 

 had risen. 



Before we retired that night, the waters had already 

 fallen several inches, and everything was got ready for a 

 start in the morning. The tent was struck and stowed 

 away in the canoes, only the sleeping-bags and cooking 

 utensils being left for the morrow. The journey to the 

 base camp was uneventful, and the launches were found 

 to be in good order ; but as several days would be 

 required to stow away the canoes and make up the 

 supply of wood-fuel, and as the weather remained fine, 

 we decided to make a short expedition along the foot of 

 the Silurian hills to the east of the river. 



We followed the banks of a stream which was too 

 small and rapid to be navigable, and found that the 

 Silurian rocks extended for a long distance in an easterly 

 direction, several fossiliferous exposures being en- 

 countered. On the second evening we found ourselves 

 at the junction of a tributary stream which flowed in from 

 the north, and were unable to proceed farther as this had 

 to be crossed, and a heavy fog filled the valley, making 

 the opposite bank invisible. We had had little rest for 

 the past ten days, and consequently did not awaken 



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