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vastly different from anything we have previously seen. The 

 whole lower slope is made up of long, smooth, rounded ridges 

 of massive rock, absolutely bare of vegetation, with deep 

 fissures between them in which soil and vegetation have 

 gathered. The long axis of these rocks runs nearly north- 

 west and southeast, sloping downward toward the southeast. 

 A cross section at right angles to the long axis shows a 

 gradual slope up the southwest side, a rounded top, and a 

 steep dip toward the northeast. This is the shape char- 

 acteristic of what are called roches moutonnees, and is due 

 to glacial action, the ice having moved in the northeast di- 

 rection down the slope of the mountain. We found many 

 glacial strife marking its course, and an abundance of the 

 lunoid markings mentioned by Packard, whose origin is still 

 a matter of dispute. We found them even up to the very 

 top of the peak, much higher than they have previously been 

 seen. They run in Httle, straight groups, taking the same 

 direction as the strije. . . . The material of most of the rocks 

 is of volcanic origin : diabase, granites, etc. ; but there occurs 

 also a large amount of metamorphic conglomerates, with 

 beautifully exposed surfaces, the large green and pink peb- 

 bles within it having become greatly flattened under enor- 

 mous pressure. These conglomerates are the first we have 

 found in Labrador. 



"The whole of the lower slope has been submerged, and 

 the sea has washed out most of the glacial drift between the 

 ridges of rock. Daly found raised beaches up to 360 feet, 

 showing that this region has been raised up much higher than 

 those further south. In one place is an enormous gorge with 

 steep, wild cliffs on its sides, in which hawks have their nests, 

 and with its floor covered with small boulders. It belongs 



