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drop most steeply directly into the sea. An occasional nar- 

 row waterfall foamed over their rugged sides. As we ap- 

 proached the northern end, the sea opened out again on 

 either side, and we had a repetition on a larger scale of similar 

 formations to those of the southern side. To the eastward, 

 four or five miles out at sea, lay the inaccessible peaks of 

 Nanuktut or White Bear Island. The mainland stretched 

 ofif irregularly to the northwest, with a multitude of sharp, 

 snowy peaks crowded along its length. As we progressed, 

 these came out one after another, showing deep gulches and 

 ravines between them and giving a series of most majestic 

 combinations. At the northern extreme of the Cape is the 

 Bishop's Mitre, which, from every point of view, is deeply 

 impressive. Its summit as we first saw it appeared to be a 

 single bare pyramid, which reminded us of the summit of 

 the Matterhorn. Up to its 3,000-foot base led in one place 

 a continuous steep slope uninterruptedly from the sea; but 

 elsewhere the descent, though various, was steeper. As we 

 got further north of it the companion of the first peak became 

 visible, the two together being responsible for its name. 

 Toward evening it appeared to greatest advantage. We 

 were then almost directly north of it, and from base to sum- 

 mit it presented an almost perfect symmetry. Above were 

 the twin pyramids ; on either flank was a massive buttress 

 stretching forward and outward, with a sharp downward 

 curve from the Mitre itself, and a shorter upward curve with 

 jagged outlines to the lesser peaks at the side. These fell in 

 sharp lines to the sea; and between them they held, backed 

 by the body of the mountain, an immense hollow basin, from 

 which, exactly in the middle, a line of snow ran up at the 

 angle at the back to the notch between the pyramids." 



