

SCOTTISH WHALERS IN PONDS INLET. 



CHAPTER IX. 



SILURIAN. 



Islands of Group I. 



Mat-lying beds of light-coloured yellow and drab limestone 

 occupy the lowlands of the southern and western parts of South- 

 ampton island, and also form outliers in depressions in the 

 crystalline rocks on ihe north side of the island, notably at 

 Duke of York bay. 



A considerable collection of fossils was brought home from 

 the beds forming the southern half of the west coast of the 



