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(4) A collection for further study of all the eruptive 

 rocks found on the coast. These include also specimens of 

 the unique volcanic bombs occurring- at Kirpon in New- 

 foundland. 



(5) An interpretation of the scenery, with reference to : 

 First, rock-structure; this included the determination of 



the strike-lines of the rocks, resulting in the discovery that 

 the coast-line follows the strike on the Atlantic border, and 

 thus corroborating the theory that Labrador has nothing to 

 do with the Appalachian system. 



Second, submergence in its effects on a glaciated land- 

 scape. 



Dr. Daly himself reports on these matters in greater 

 detail in Section X. 



VIII. 



REPORT ON BOTANY. 



Vegetation in Labrador pushes up in great abundance 

 with the first disappearance of the snows. Throughout the 

 summer and early autumn all the country is thickly covered 

 with vigorous plant life and adorned with a great multitude 

 of flowers from which it gains a large variety in coloring. 

 Only where snow-drifts linger, or where bare rock masses 

 protrude, or on the higher slopes and summits, are these 

 growths absent. Near the coast the growth is never high. 

 Extensive evergreen forests exist in the interior, even as far 

 north as the latitude of Nachvak, according to George Ford 

 of that place. But in the mountainous region bordering on 

 the sea trees grow only in sheltered nooks and valleys, and 



