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The high rocky shores of the eastern and northern sides of 

 Salisbury island were closely followed by the Neptune, so that 

 the red, crystalline rocks forming its cliffs could easily be seen. 

 The prevailing rock was red, or pink, and only occasionally 

 were darker masses seen. 



Nottingham, which lies south of Salisbury in the western 

 part of Hudson strait, was visited by Dr. Bell in 1884 and 

 1885, when he examined the rocks in the neighbourhood of Port 

 De Boucherville, in its southeast part, and he there found along 

 with the common varieties of gneiss a number of patches of fine- 

 grained red syenite. 



Charles island is wholly formed of Archaean gneisses. The 

 prevailing rock in the western part is a fine-grained light-gray, 

 or pink mica-gneiss, associated with medium to coarse-grained 

 mica-hornblende granite-gneiss; the latter cutting and altering 

 the light-coloured gneisses. 



Resolution island has never been visited by a geologist, and 

 consequently its rocks can only be described from observations 

 made while passing it in the ships. The rocks everywhere 

 appear to be crystalline Archaean, a red variety predominating. 



The southern shores of Hudson strait from Douglas harbour 

 to the mouth of George river in the southeast part of Ungava 

 bay were examined by the writer in 1897, and a detailed state- 

 ment concerning them is given in the report of that year. The 

 remaining portions of this side of Hudson strait were examined 

 on the voyage of the Neptune, the part westward from Douglas 

 harbour to Cape Wolstenholme while sketching the coast-line 

 from the ship, and the greater part of that between Cape Chid- 

 ley and the mouth of George river by Mr. Caldwell in a boat 

 during the absence of the Neptune to the north in 1904. These 

 examinations connect with the work of the writer beyond Cape 

 Wolstenholme, and thus practicallv finish the examination of 

 the north and west sides of the Labrador peninsula. 



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