EVIDEXCES OF RECENT ELEVA TION 2/ 



affected or changed bv the weathering agencies than those 

 above this height. 



Icy Cove, southern part of Mcta Incognita. — Our second land- 

 ing place was on the southwest coast of a peninsula lying between 

 Frobisher Bay and Hudson Strait, and about sixty miles east of 

 Big Island. This land is known as Meta Incognita, and the 

 landing was at "Icy Cove," where the only Eskimo settlement 

 in the Straits was found, called "Noogla." 



The topography here was much the same as that of the other 

 two places — very rugged — and like Big Island the coast was 

 steep and rough, indented with embayments and rocky capes or 

 headlands. The rock is a very coarse-grained granitic gneiss. 



Raised beaches. — Two beaches were noted, composed of 

 coarse, rounded material. No elevations were taken, but these 

 looked to be about 50 and lOO feet, respectively, above sea level. 

 A bench between the two beaches was seen, which appeared to 

 be a wave-cut terrace, at an elevation of about 75 feet, 



Niantilik Harbor, Cn>nberland Sound. — This was our last 

 landing on the Baffin Land side. Niantilik Harbor is a fiord on 

 the south side of Cumberland Sound. A stream of consider- 

 able size enters at this point, having its head waters in a series of 

 true rock-basin lakes of rather large size. 



Raised beacJies. — It is along the west side of this valley that 

 we have a series of unusually large and well-de\'eloped beaches. 

 Unlike those described from the other localities, these are com- 

 posed of fine material, excepting the topmost one, which consists 

 of coarse shingle. The direction of the two principal beaches 

 is approximately parallel to the stream, N. 75° 55' W. The first 

 one is at an elevation of 1 10 feet above low tide, 200 yards long, 

 with an average width of 30 yards, and is composed of sand, 

 gravel and pebbles. 



The second beach is from 50-100 feet above the first one, 

 fully three-ciuarters of a mile long and with an average width of 

 75 feet, and is built of very large bowlders. It is not so well 

 preserved as the lower one, as it lies against a \^ery high and 

 steep scarp, with its flat-top[)ed condition seen in only a few 



