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with which the tides run in and out. At the head are 

 two great rivers, called Homalko and Southgate. In 

 the former the chart informs us that the " freshet in 

 August runs out four to five knots; low, swampy 

 land, willow, pine, and alder." Overhead tower 

 Eodney Mountain (7,883 ft.), Mount Evans (6,900 

 ft.), House Mountain (4,118 ft.), and Mount 

 Superb (8,000 ft.). Half-way between Points Boyd 

 and Bluff, and visible from the latter, is a fine 

 waterfall, apparently 600 ft. in height. It was 

 probable that the recent rain had considerably added 

 to its volume, but a large portion of it was dispersed 

 in spray before reaching the sea. The dark-coloured 

 rocks behind were overgrown by moss, and the falling 

 water produced quite a gale of wind, which blew on 

 us with a cold damp breath, as we sat and gazed 

 upwards from below, heated by rowing. 



On the opposite shore stands Granite Mountain, the 

 northern half consisting of three immense wedge- 

 shaped blocks of granite, with fearful smooth preci- 

 pices on each side composed of grey stone ; the 

 southern half consisting of three rounded balloon- 

 shaped, domelike protuberances about three thousand 

 feet in vertical height, rounded off by glacial action 

 and water. After rain the roar of innumerable 

 cascades on both sides of the Inlet is heard, slipping 

 down the smooth couloirs and water channels in little 

 silver threads, uniting into rivulets below, and making 

 Cascade Eange the appropriate name of this chain of 

 mountains. 



