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liglitliouso, and at several other points on the south shore. 

 On proceeding u]) Salmon river, north of Antieosti, at 

 aliout seven miles from the mouth, the high elilf on the 

 right hank is eapi)C(l liy a (le])osit of drift. 



" Kight miles from the village oT Kiiglish hay (east), a 

 small stream from the to]» of the eliil's lays hare several 

 feet of hlue (day, eontaining great nunihers of very large 

 shells of ^lya. The high tide reaches the hase of the 

 clay and wash^.s out nund)ers of specimens, as does the 

 brook adjacent. I was unahle to examine the coast-liiui 

 except for a short distance. The cliCIs, for some nnles 

 beyond, from forty to .seventy feet high, aie crowned by 

 drift deposits. AVhere they slope, the boulders or rounded 

 pel)hles from the to]) get mixed up with the clay below. 

 Fragments of shells are here numerous ; complete 

 specimens arc few. 



"The cliff to the west of Kllis or (laniache bay, called, 

 I think, '.Iuncti(»n clill',' by Jficliardson, is also crowned 

 by a drift deposit. I succeeded in reaching part of the 

 slope where some of the Leda dav from al)ove had lodged. 

 I found it contained many s})eciniens of Sdxicava riKjosa, 

 and a few of Mi/n Iritnrdtn, the hitler much smaller than 

 those at ]>ecscia river and eight miles east of English bay. 

 fllaciated or })olished Hags (chiefly Hudson river lime- 

 stone) are not unusual in the drift of this ])art of the 

 island. Laurentian l)oulders were fre([uently remarked 

 in the river l)eds, some of considerable size also on the 

 land. There is one ind)edded in the soil of a partly- 

 cleared farm near English bay. 



" The island of Anlicosli seems to l)e rising (ihe old 

 residents on various parts (jf tiie coast think the sea is 

 gradiuilly retiring). I was assured by an inhabitant of 

 English l)ay, that the tops only of two large Laurentian 



