10 C/iris/))iii!< Lsfdiid — Cores. 



rt'sumi'd ; lull it. is dl' t\ (liU'tM-cnl cliiirjiclcr I'lom llinl ruiiiul cIsowluM'c 

 (HI I lie iimili iiud (Mist, const, iiiul consists ol' MiortMic liiiu'stoiu^s. It 

 siH'iiis pi'olinltli" tliiil this clill' lik(>\vis(' is tlu" result, of n slippiiij; 

 down of lli(> scawiird portions of I ho ishmd, mid on tho lornico 

 id>ovi< it thoi'o iii'o sovoiiil lidgcs lUMikiii;;' siniihil" slips of loss oxtiMit. 

 Tlio dill' 1)11 tho soiilhi'i'ii sid(> of tiit* hoiidlaiid (d' Ki>(>riii Point, 

 shows sifi'iis (d" !i siiiiihir orij^iii, mid thoro it, oiin ht> tdcnrly sm<n 

 tluit a nninluM' of minor slips liiivo oi-ourrcd, j!,'ivinji; vise to sovovnl 

 wnnill viM'tii'id (dill's \vhi(d\ do not (Extend iiiiy }»-r('nt distmico mid 

 ()(M>ur lit. dill't'ii'iit l('V(ds ; th(>v aro all sitnntiul nbovo tho iniiiii 

 (diir l'ii('(\ 



Altlioni;h, as alroady stated, tlio main slippiiii;' occurnHl lud'oro 

 lli(> (dt>\alion of tho pr(-s(Md shon> torra('(\ similar movcnuaits td' 

 snuiU (>\t(Mit ha\o tak(>n plai't> siiico, and at North-Kast Point itself 

 a distimt fault, with ji throw of ahont live U'vi, (Mils aen.fis tho 

 slu)r(> t(MTaee and runs out to s(>a in a north-(*ast(>rly direction. 



At St(>(>p Point (^Imj;'. ('■>) a dislocation of a soiiu>wliat. dill'iMHMit 

 cliarai't(M' has occuitimI. TIum-i" littl(> downward displacenient has 

 tak(>n plac(>, hut th(> proj(>clin;<' anj;h> of tluMsland wliicli forms tho 

 headland has split away from lli(> main mass and lilt(Ml slight ly 

 outward in siudi a way that it is s(>par;d('d from the main mass of 

 tho island by a narrow \allt>y. 'The result id' this is (hat at the 

 Point the shor(> t(>rrac(> is int(M'rupled fiu- some distance, .and tli(> 

 S(>a washes the has(> id' what is (dsew her(> the lirst inland (dilf, but 

 \vhi(di luM'o forms a tine luvidland, w ilh a V(>rlical (dilf S(«no 150 to 

 200 \W\ liii;h. This dislocation also took ])lac(> b(d'or(> the (d(n'alion 

 of {ho ]>r(>s(Mit shore t('rrac(\ and tiuM'(> is solium evid(>nc(* that tlu* 

 bottom of tlu> narrow \alley. nuirkiiii;' tli(> liiu* of fracture, was for 

 ;i tim(\ at l(>ast in part, lill(>d with \\at(>r, and Steep Point Hill 

 must tlitMi have formed a small island, or was ])erhaps joined to 

 tli(^ mainland by a small isthmus formed by talus. 



|{(>sides Ste(>p Point. Klyins;' Kish Oovo is tlu* only plac(> nmnd 

 the island wlii>r(> the shon^ tcrrac(^ is interrupt (>d, and h(>r(> also this 

 S(MMns to liav(< b(>en the ri^snlt of tlu* slippinj;' of th(> (Uiter i>ortion 

 of the lofty (dill', Iml in this cas(> the talus has accumulated in siudi 

 a way as to form tlu" I'oundation id' the cn^scent slia|>ed platform on 

 wlii(d\ th(> S(dtleiu(ait stands, and to make tli(> submarim> slop(\s 

 sullici(Mitly ^i'(>ntl(» to allow the fairly broad frinn'iiifj; rind' to j;row 

 outward, siivint;' ris(> to the ]>r(>s(Mit an(dior;i,i'(>. '[Mu> structure of 

 .Flyinn' Fish (\ivewill b(Ml(>scribed in iir(\d(>r detail in th(\ii(H>l(\i;'ical 

 soction. 



(""liu kins>; and slipiniii!; of (ho ont(>r llanks of tho island may bo 

 said to ho nniv(>rsal. and in the lUMi^libiuirlKHvl of Klyiuii' Kish (\n'o 

 both the s(>a (dill' and (>V(>ii Ihepn-seut rcv\' can iu> s(H>n to ho lissunnl 

 by cra(d\S, tracoable for soY(M"al liuudrtHl yards and runuiiii;' rouuhly 

 panilhd t(> th(> coastlimv This circumstanc(> u,'iv(\s a key to many 

 p(>culiar, and at lirst incompreluaisihle, features on some (d' the 

 iiiglior terraces. 



