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in ii n'pon ncroinpiiuird l)y (li'.scrii)livi' iihiiis tbniii'ily ilniwii up hy Mr. 

 Michatid. rtii "ii^'iiii'cr in the si'ivir,' olth.' l'\'dci';il ( r(.\i'nuiii'nl. I'nlbr- 

 t\an:i!.-ly. ihis r port and tlii' phuis were d''.siv()yi'd in ihc liif which con- 

 sunii'dlh(> Pro' inciiil Ijihrary in \^^-\. and \V(i hav' lluis lost the only 

 dncuni. nt conliiiiiinii' tcclinioid and positiv-' inibrni;;li(tji upon wh;.! we 

 uiiu'hi call (jU" ol'th' i>h iKoncuii or( "aiutdiaii Xaluv'. 



This cnonnous mass cd Liraiiil" rocks ])ilcd one abiv':- tii' oihcr. ■ uts 

 abruptly .".cross t h'- line cd' country which lojlows aiiii.isi, withoiu ii-'er- 

 ruplion on til" south -di'.n'c o!" I li ' I'ivci-. li winiM s'^in ns il'ih' wiiilc 

 (.dl'ovts oi' t he eruptive pip-iiouiejia. el.;- wh-'r • co :i :;;,.;■< i :i;id heid bncic .>n 

 tlie vjiurc. had conccnlraicd at. this pniiil and cans 'd the explosio.;. cashing' 

 u}) ironi the ixisoni oithe W(n'ld "VcryLliiim' whi'h oi>;>ress'd -iiid !'ei:i!:i ed 

 it. \\'hen. ill s;iilinu- (hiv.'u ;he iiver. w,- ohs; r\'e this Ibniiidahlo ari'.;y oi' 

 rockv ilans wldch seem to [)ri's eni ;in unas:;ailai>lc line ol' halile, we 

 can)i.ii avoid ;; invsterious dvi-iid. that overpoweriiio- shrjukinu' (d' tlie suul 

 wiii.ii w • r -l ai the toisi ol' liiii-li uii iiuii aiji.-i whic.li t)v rLoi) us. crusii 

 us witli th 'ii' heiii-lit and seem to altraei u.s h eiiMih liieir mass. W ■ leel 

 as iluiial)!'' lo pen-trate or ;'ven a!>proa''li them. Where c.iii there '>, ;i)i 

 acci .>.'-ihle If a-'h. at ilierodt (d' those savau'e mouniain-<. ih.is' p ••Oi'ii- 

 dicular, iiowninu aii>l ilireat^niii^' clilis, ^nveiop. d in impenetral)le 

 shallow ^ Is IJi-K- a piac \vlicr,' in.au can i'reejv .-si ib'il on tliai api)a- 

 renily iu\isil)|e shore .•' llut wlien we ^-el over this lirst i iiiprt'ssio]!. the 

 iirisT ici'linu' ol' dri-ad and llie desir'lo n'ct asvay and wh^n we dare to 

 approacli, tlie most a^Tcablo and piv-asaut suri.-.i.ie awaits us. Partly 

 veiiinii' their wild ai)pearanoc, the mounaiiis s-i'm to welcome and 

 oH'/r a !•■ I'uLie in ihcir many bays and creeks ; the <i'racvd'ul lorm <d' t.heir 

 bay.-, tln.'iv briulit snniiiig .shores lighted by a su:[imei'.s day, rcs[d iM -iit 

 in their adornm'Ut ot'ii-nen verdure. oiUr the most attractive ot contra.st.s ; 

 oiU' Hiiii'ht ahiiosi sav that they are cliildren's >, miles on moiisicrs' laced. 



The iniium ■ra])le in ■qMalilies (d' the soil give rise to ilie most start- 

 ling .--urpvi.ses. the iiiosi varied and un* xpecred oi' [)ictures([ne a^p.^'is. 

 Par tViun hei;io- m.ic.essibl", the shores slope d(»wn gently and harmo- 

 niously und i our i'ei't ; b.-hind the.n are smnetimey outlined .diiiht 

 ridu's iik • tu.' ariirs swollen veins ; tli.se are hillocdcs only a icy varfls 

 in height, ot Mdmirable dcsiti'n whieh (dl'er th-'ir rotuid -d sumuiit ^ Tor 

 man's r.'sidenc" and lend ihemseives with ih'- greatest do;'iiiiv te '^dii- 

 vation. Ai . dier times the nxountain.->, Icvinu' calm and wide Ini'rvals 

 betw en th.Tn, idiow the land lo extend ir eiy and form small ii'lds in 

 Avhich a few isidated men living by lishinu-anda little agricuiiixral labour 

 have alrviidy ripeninu' crops. A line road runs along the siiore following- 

 its innumerable winding.--, each of which suddenly presents a new Kpec- 

 lacl" ; soniei i'lies there an; ishmd.s abruptly rising from the bosom of a 

 little l)ny (ill then .hi<lden by the broken ]iature of the i;-round ; s ime- 

 time;- (here are em)rmous capes which look as if they had been v!(deii.ily 

 thrown uu fi-oni the womb of the earth and whieh have not yet bej-n per- 

 ceived. These capes, amongst oth<'r.s Cap al'Orignal, celebrated amongst 

 fieamen, oan be see from far ollou the river ; they assiiiue the shape of a 



