494 Mr. SteinhaUer's Geology of the Coast of Labrador. 



described as rugged, barren, and black, and containing a huge 

 cavern which the heathen Eskimos fable to be the habitation of the 

 devil. The rocks farther north are light-coloured, but there appear 

 to be no mountains of considerable height on this part of the 

 coast vsrhich is called Ungava. On almost every part of it frag- 

 ments of a red jasper, impregnated with iron, are frequent, and 

 in some places haematites and cubical pyrites. It may be worth 

 remark, that the tides rise here no less than 40 to 50 feet, while 

 they seldom exceed 8 or 10 on the eastern coast. The current sets 

 from west to east round Cape Chudleigh. 



The specimens of rocks from Labrador, which Mr. Latrobe has 

 desired me to select for the Society, will enable them to form any 

 further conjectures with respect to the geology of this country far 

 better than I should be able to do it, and I shall esteem myself 

 happy if future opportunities enable me to discover any thing 

 which may be able to throw a more direct light upon the subject. 



The specimens marked merely Labrador, are from one or other 

 of the three settlements, consequently found between lat. 55° 30', 

 and 57° 40', 



