GEOLOGY AND SCENERY OF NORTHEAST COAST 107 



found in any part of the series of beds. Geologists cannot 

 say, therefore, just what is the age of these rocks relatively 

 to the other formations of the world. It is only known that 

 here, as in similar rock-groups in western and southwestern 

 Labrador, the stratified beds are extremely old in a geologi- 

 cal sense, dating in all probability from a time near the 

 beginning of the so-called Paleozoic Period. An incon- 

 ceivable time has elapsed since these lost volcanoes were 

 active ; inconceivable time had elapsed between the build- 

 ing of the Archean mountains and the bursting forth of the 

 lavas. Though the exact number of millenniums engaged 

 in those events cannot be told, the discovery of organic 

 remains in the sea-bottom sediments can yet give science 

 an idea as to the relative place of the events in the earth's 

 history. Such a search for fossils, the closer description of 

 the rock-formations, the mapping of the region, and the 

 contemplation and explanation of the marvellous scenery 

 of the Kaumajets offer an exploring party enjoyable work 

 for more than one busy season. It is doubtful if a more 

 promising region for research in Nature's wonders can be 

 found elsewhere on the Labrador. 



In the northward journey from Mugford Tickle, the 

 vessel will pass close under the sheer two-thousand foot 

 cliff of Cape Mugford. Nowhere is the " geographic fossil" 

 of the Kaumajets better displayed. Even in the pho- 

 tograph one can see the exceeding contrast of colour and 

 composition in the Basement Complex and in the bedded 

 rocks above. It is hard to imagine a more spectacular 

 exposure of such a surface as that limiting the Complex. 

 Let the visitor to the Kaumajets remember that the " al- 

 most-plain" has an antiquity so vast that, in comparison 



