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westward, ending, however, at the sea-board in cliffs 

 which, at the present day, are being formed by the 

 Atlantic Ocean. 



The previously mentioned steps, forming continuous 

 terraces, are several miles in length; two of them 

 extending from the south-east to the north-west of the 

 great island. These, the third and fourth, reckoning 

 from the highest terrace, can be traced from Benaite 

 at Gregory's Sound, along the flanks of the valleys, 

 until they join into the sea-cliff, about half a mile 

 from the north-west point of the island. 



The sea-cliffs on the north-east side of the island 

 are low, and are often replaced by strands, or shingle- 

 beaches. On the south-west they have taken a 

 definite character, being usually perpendicular, and 

 often over fifty feet in height. However, at the 

 north-west point of the island, under the shelter of 

 the Brannock Islands, there is a heavy shingle- 

 beach. From the north-west point, south-eastward 

 to Gregory's Sound, the cliffs are either perpendicular 

 or terraced. From Mweeleenareeava, a little south 

 of the Brannock Islands, to Doocaher, except for a 

 short distance at the " Blind Sound," the cliffs are 

 perpendicular, although at the base of some of them, 

 as will be hereafter mentioned, there are sea-terraces 

 or steps below the high water mark of spring tides. 

 At Doocaher the cliffs are about 100 feet high, and 

 from that towards the north-west they gradually rise 



