﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  DIRECTOR 
  10,12 
  

  

  135 
  

  

  the 
  recoil, 
  as 
  one 
  might 
  say, 
  of 
  the 
  softer 
  rocks 
  in 
  their 
  pressure 
  

   against 
  the 
  irresistible 
  Canadian 
  shield, 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  line 
  of 
  fracture 
  

   or 
  fault 
  was 
  deflected 
  at 
  its 
  outer 
  end 
  southward 
  in 
  such 
  a 
  way 
  as 
  

  

  Chart 
  of 
  the 
  Gulf 
  of 
  St 
  Lawrence 
  and 
  adjoining 
  lands 
  

   (The 
  areas 
  of 
  the 
  bottom 
  down 
  to 
  30 
  and 
  100 
  fathoms 
  are 
  indicated 
  by- 
  

   close 
  and 
  coarse 
  stippling. 
  The 
  broken 
  curved 
  line 
  through 
  the 
  gulf 
  is 
  the 
  

   line 
  of 
  greatest 
  depth. 
  The 
  heavy 
  black 
  lines 
  are 
  the 
  orogenic 
  or 
  mountain 
  

   axes 
  at 
  north 
  and 
  south.) 
  

  

  