Mr. Stein HAUEr's Geology of the Coast of Labrador. 493 



also the Labrador hornblende, (Hyperstene) and the white stone 

 striped with green, which seems to constitute a rock on an island 

 near Nain, and was first noticed by the Rev. C. J. Latrobe, among 

 other fragments, which induced him to cause large fragments to be 

 broken off and brought over. 



One of the mountains in the vicinity of Nain, as well as several 

 others in different parts of the coast, exhibits a species of Mam-tor, 

 continually crumbling away and shivering down into the valley 

 below ; a splinter of this rock is sent for the inspection of the 

 Society. 



The island of Ukusiksalik or freestone island, has derived its 

 name from the quantities of lapis ollaris found there. It is pro- 

 bably the most southern place on the coast where this mineral 

 occurs, as the missionaries, who first visited the Eskimos in Chateau 

 Bay, in the Straits of Belle Isle, were told by them that they pro- 

 cured the stone of which their lamps, pots, &c. were made from 

 this island. 



At Hopedale the secondary limestone seems to come in ; at least 

 we have received from this place fragments of reddish carbonate of 

 lime, calcareous spar, and schiefer spar. Mr. Latrobe also pos- 

 sesses a madrepore, said to have been found there. It is remarkable 

 that the river abounds in fragments of stone, worn into the most 

 fantastic shapes, in which the imagination without great exertion 

 may trace the rude resemblance of birds, crocodiles, &c. They 

 sometimes form rings six or eight inches in diameter, and three 

 quarters of an inch thick. Their great abundance precludes the 

 possibility of their being the work of art. 



With respect to the land, west of Cape Chudleigh, as it has 

 been but once visited, we cannot expect to learn much about it. 

 The mountains of Torngarsult^ (the evil spirit) in lat. 60% are 



