CHAPTER II 



NATURAL FEATURES 



ABRADOR rocks 

 are of the oldest 

 formation (Lauren- 

 tian gneiss), and de- 

 stitute of remains of 

 animal or plant life ; 

 so that they, too, 

 maintain the general 

 harmony of desola- 

 tion. On the south 

 shore, lower Silurian 

 sandstones, red sye- 

 nite, and one splendid 

 mass of basalt, known 

 as the " Devil's 

 Table," crop out. 



The action pf ice 

 and fire are shown 



in marvellous manners on this weird coast. Not only 

 is every rock, mountain, and pinnacle crowned with 

 countless boulders, which seem but to need a shake 

 to set myriads tumbling down every incline, but the 

 whole coast is carved and chiselled in a wondrous 



A shoal of caplin jumping out on to the beach. 



