DALY: GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHEAST COAST OF LABRADOR. 207 
Itinerary of the Cruise. 
On June 25th the “ Brave” weighed anchor at St. John’s, Newfound- 
land, and sped rapidly northward with a fair wind to about Lat. 49° 20! 
north. The next day a strengthening gale decided our captain to run 
for shelter at Greenspond. Compelled to remain there until July 2d, 
we had leisure to examine the hummocky islands of Laurentian porphy- 
ritic granite and to study the hard conditions of life in a town of New- 
foundland fisher-folk. We came to a full understanding of the fact that 
the dangerous sea more readily gives them livelihood than the soilless 
ledges which need imported earth before they yield a useful vegetable. 
A quick run without incident, save a halt at Change Island, brought us 
to Cape Bauld at noon on July 4th. Here we were destined to disap- 
pointment in the hope that the Straits of Belle Isle might be crossed 
and “the Labrador ” attained without delay. The northern half of the 
strait was found to be impassable on account of a broad stream of pan- 
ice ; the “‘ Brave ” beat back and anchored at nightfall in Kirpon Harbor 
which lies in the “tickle” east of Kirpon Island. 
The next day, from a hill north of the harbor, we had a remarkably 
striking view of drift-ice streaming west-southwest into the strait and 
southward past Belle Isle along the east coast of Newfoundland. The 
Labrador current was a vivid reality to us.as we watched the truly 
majestic procession of these dazzling migrants from a polar sea. That 
day closed with no indication that our snug harbor would be threatened 
with an invasion, but we came on deck the next morning to find our- 
selves in an Arctic landscape. The schooner was firmly wedged in 
among the heavy pans of ice which during the night had quietly drifted 
into the “tickle” under the impulse of north wind and flood current. 
The unusual thickness and quantity of the ice, coupled with the steady 
character of the north or “ up” wind, caused our detention in this har- 
bor until the morning of the 13th. These seven days were spent among 
the picturesque hills and valleys in the vicinity and among the exqui- 
sitely tinted ice-floes. Among the sedimentary rocks which compose 
Kirpon Island, Jacques Cartier Island, and the mainland roundabout, 
an interesting boulder basalt, with pillow structure, was discovered. It 
is hoped that a description of this typical occurrence will be given on 
another occasion. 
Along with more than a hundred other schooners from the many 
anchorages of this indented coast, the passage of the straits was finally 
made. Not the least memorable scene of the summer was this bril- 
