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but, on account of its conspicuous position on the shore, is 

 strikingly picturesque. Ten different summits from 2500 

 to 4000 feet in height could be counted from the schooner. 

 No one of these, so far as the writer has been able to de- 

 termine from missionaries, fishermen, or from the literature, 

 has as yet received a name. Here, as in the higher moun- 

 tains of the north, there is abundant opportunity for sys- 

 tematic field-work on the part of such an organization as the 

 Appalachian Club. 



"We had hoped to spend some days, if not weeks, in the 

 study of these interesting mountains, but the lateness of the 

 season forbade our dropping anchor within reach of the noble 

 range. Judging again simply from the peculiarly dark 

 colour of the bare rock-surfaces, it seems probable that the 

 gabbro seen at Port Manvers makes up most of the Kigla- 

 pait, which will thus represent the Coolin type of gabbro 

 mountains in Scotland." 



The 2700-foot Mt. Thoresby at Port Manvers is another 

 dark-coloured mass of the gabbro, which continues to a point 

 at least twelve miles south of Nain. 



Thence southward the rugged, island-girt plateau of the 

 Basement Complex extends all the 350 miles to Belle Isle 

 Strait. Throughout that distance the hills and islands on 

 the shore range from 200 to 1200 feet in height, with an 

 average altitude above sea of about 500 feet. A typical 

 view epitomizing the topography may be had from the 

 summits near Hopedale. One's first impression from 

 the view is that of an extremely broken character " in 

 the relief. The endless succession of hills and valleys, is- 

 lands and bays, would seem to proclaim that on no account 

 must this land be called a plateau. And yet no designa- 



