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but, on account of its conspicuous position on the shore, is 
strikingly picturesque. Ten different summits from 2500 
to 4000 feet in height could be counted from the schooner. 
No one of these, so far as the writer has been able to de- 
termine from missionaries, fishermen, or from the literature, 
has as yet received aname. Here, as in the higher moun- 
tains of the north, there is abundant opportunity for sys- 
tematic field-work on the part of such an organization as the 
Appalachian Club. 
‘We had hoped to spend some days, if not weeks, in the 
study of these interesting mountains, but the lateness of the 
season forbade our dropping anchor within reach of the noble 
range. Judging again simply from the peculiarly dark 
colour of the bare rock-surfaces, it seems probable that the 
gabbro seen at Port Manvers makes up most of the Kigla- 
pait, which will thus represent the Coolin type of gabbro 
mountains in Scotland.” 
The 2700-foot Mt. Thoresby at Port Manvers is another 
dark-coloured mass of the gabbro, which continues to a point 
at least twelve miles south of Nain. 
Thence southward the rugged, island-girt plateau of the 
Basement Complex extends all the 350 miles to Belle Isle 
Strait. Throughout that distance the hills and islands on 
the shore range from 200 to 1200 feet in height, with an 
average altitude above sea of about 500 feet. A typical 
view epitomizing the topography may be had from the 
summits near Hopedale. One’s first impression from 
the view is that of an extremely broken character in 
the relief. The endless succession of hills and valleys, is- 
lands and bays, would seem to proclaim that on no aecount 
must this land be called a plateau. And yet no designa- 
