XX. Notice relative to the Geology of the Coast of Labrador, 

 By the Rev. Mr. Steinhaufr. 



H E coast of Labrador is a part of the British territories so 

 little known, and possessing so few inducements to attract the 

 visits of strangers, that every fragment of information concerning 

 it may be esteemed in some degree valaable. This is the only ex- 

 cuse for offering the following observations in their present very 

 imperfect state. 



The only English accounts of this country, as yet published, are 

 the memoir of Lieut, (afterwards Sir Roger) Curtis, and Mr. 

 Cartwright's journal. The first-mentioned gentleman reconnoitred 

 the coast from the Straits of Belle-Isle to lat. 58% 10', (according to 

 Arrowsmith's chart, 57° 25',) in the year 1773, by command of 

 Governor Schuldham. His account is inserted in the Philosophical 

 Transactions. The latter person does not appear to have gone farther 

 north than lat. 54°, and his observations refer to little farther than 

 the fishery and peltry trade. At the request of the British go- 

 vernment, and particulaily of Sir Hugh Palliscr, then governor of 

 Newfoundland, the United Brethren made several voyages of dis- 

 covery to this coast; and in 1772, formed a settlement in lat. 

 56" 38', (56° 24' Arrowsm.) called Nam; and subsequently two 



