A LABRADOR SPRING 
Genevieve Island are flat-topped and com- 
posed of light gray limestone, whose strata 
are nearly horizontal but dip slightly to the 
west and south. These islands vary in size 
from those of an acre or two in extent like the 
Perroquets, which rise but a few feet above the 
water, to those of ten or fifteen miles in cir- 
cumference, like Esquimaux Island, with cliffs 
seventy-five or one hundred feet high. 
All display the effect of the wear of the ocean 
on the limestone cliffs, which are often hollowed 
and turreted in a curious manner. In places 
great caverns are formed by the waves; in 
others rounded pillars are the predominant 
features, and, owing to the varied resistance 
of the strata, these pillars sometimes assume 
strange shapes. If the harder layers are in the 
middle, the pillars become worn above and be- 
low, and a series of spinning-top shaped masses 
line the shore. In other places, where the 
denser layers are on top, the wear results in 
toadstool forms which sometimes extend for 
considerable distances along the water front. 
In many ways these limestones reminded me 
of the water-worn ice formation seen on the 
eastern Labrador coast. 
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