136 GEOLOGICAL REMARKS. April 1828. 
night. They went away, to our great satisfaction, at an early 
hour, and returned to the bottom of the sound, where a large 
party of their countrymen was assembled. Their departure 
enabled us to look round, in the vicinity of our anchorage, and 
examine its productions, which differed in no way from those of 
other parts of the coast. Its geological structure is, however, 
different : the rocks are greenstone, or granite, without slate. 
Mount Maxwell, rising immediately over the cove, is the termi- 
nation of a rocky mountain range, whose summits are crowned 
with snow. The verdant sides of the hill, interspersed at inter- 
vals with large masses of bare rock, produced, from a distance, 
rather a pleasing effect ; but, upon examination, the verdure 
was found to consist principally of moss, or a stunted vegeta- 
tion, covering a soft and swampy soil. ‘The upper portions of 
the mount are so precipitous as not to be easily reached; and, 
indeed, many parts rise with a perpendicular ascent for more 
than a hundred feet. On the south side of Mount Maxwell is 
Smyth Inlet, which contains anchorage on the north shore, 
particularly one in Earle Cove; but in the centre the water is 
deep, and on that account, it is not an inviting place for a ship, 
During Mr. Graves’s absence in Smyth Harbour, I examined 
the coast as far as Cape Edgeworth, where I obtained an exten- 
sive set of bearings. The afternoon was particularly favourable 
for the purpose, the snow-capped mountains of the north shore 
were perfectly distinct ; and among them was a very high one, 
shaped like a Highland target, the peak of the mountain 
answering to the central spike of the shield. We never after- 
wards saw it, nor could I, on this occasion, fix its position 
better, than by estimating its distance. The rock is chiefly 
greenstone, accompanied by considerable masses of granite. A 
little islet, off Dighton Cove, is composed of granite, of a 
lamelliform structure. Mr. Graves brought me a specimen of 
lamelliform granite attached to a mass of greenstone. 
The Indians visited us every day, their number being gene- 
rally from twelve to sixteen, of which five or six only were 
men, the rest were women, and children of all ages. One of the 
latter could not have been more than three weeks old ; yet the 
