GEOLOGY AND SCENERY OF NORTHEAST COAST 107 
found in any part of the series of beds. Geologists cannot 
say, therefore, just what is the age of these rocks relatively 
to the other formations of the world. It is only known that 
here, as in similar rock-groups in western and southwestern 
Labrador, the stratified beds are extremely old in a geologi- 
cal sense, dating in all probability from a time near the 
beginning of the so-called Paleozoic Period. An incon- 
ceivable time has elapsed since these lost voleanoes were 
active; inconceivable time had elapsed between the build- 
ing of the Archean mountains and the bursting forth of the 
lavas. Though the exact number of millenniums engaged 
in those events cannot be told, the discovery of organic 
remains in the sea-bottom sediments can yet give science 
an idea as to the relative place of the events in the earth’s 
history. Such a search for fossils, the closer description of 
the rock-formations, the mapping of the region, and the 
contemplation and explanation of the marvellous scenery 
of the Kaumajets offer an exploring party enjoyable work 
for more than one busy season. It is doubtful if a more 
promising region for research in Nature’s wonders can be 
found elsewhere on the Labrador. 
In the northward journey from Mugford Tickle, the 
vessel will pass close under the sheer two-thousand foot 
cliff of Cape Mugford. Nowhere is the “geographic fossil” 
of the Kaumajets better displayed. Even in the pho- 
tograph one can see the exceeding contrast of colour and 
composition in the Basement Complex and in the bedded 
rocks above. It is hard to imagine a more spectacular 
exposure of such a surface as that limiting the Complex. 
Let the visitor to the Kaumajets remember that the “al- 
most-plain”’ has an antiquity so vast that, in comparison 
