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till we hardly knew which were really the most re- 

 markable. 



Next morning broke with the weather the same, 

 but towards mid-day the wind fell. Don had been 

 gratified with his meals thus far, but on being offer- 

 ed rice for breakfast, said that it reminded him of 

 his European experience, where rice was not con- 

 sidered fit to eat without being filled with raisins 

 and having goose-gravy for sauce. In fact, he did 

 not think he could eat it without these accompani- 

 ments. Before the trip was over, however, he found 

 that in spite of European authority and the absence 

 of goose-gravy, rice was quite palatable. 



By hard work we reached the camping-ground at 

 Gros Cap, a small island almost adjoining the main 

 land, which is too rocky and precipitous to locate a 

 tent, and having arranged our camp amid the driv- 

 ing fog, essayed the fishing off the point. Fortune 

 did not smile upon us ; and having killed one fish 

 for supper, we were glad to escape from the cold, 

 damp air, and return to the warmth of the fire. 



The appearance of the rocks in this region is re- 

 markable. Not only are they veined with metal 

 and quartz, running in long seams, but they are cut 

 up by deep furrows, at the bottom of which are 

 strewn broken and pounded stones. The origin of 

 the furrows, or scratches as the geologists term 

 them, has been differently explained ; some writers 

 attributing them to the action of water, and others, 

 with probably the correct theory, alleging they were 

 made by the ice-drift of former ages. The ice-drift 



