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the rough and fissured syenitic coast is in marked con- 

 trast to the Cambrian shores we had just left. Going 

 farther on we pass from syenitic to gneiss rocks, which 

 rise from the water in long swells. 



Belle Isle, the Isle of Demons of the early navigators, 

 now heaves in sight ; the Labrador coast is more sub- 

 dued, the shores sloping to the water's edge. There are 

 no islands along the coast, and within five miles of 

 Henlev Harbor the rock becomes entirely gneiss in char- 

 acter, and we lose sight of the rough, hummocky S)'^en- 

 itic hills, though masses of flesh-red syenite are seen 

 resting upon the dark gneiss rocks, forming a sea-wall. 



Now that notable landmark, the Devil's Dining 

 Table, appears to view, and we soon distinguish Henley 

 and Castle Islands, the two latter like two flat Qblong 

 blocks laid bv Cyclopean hands on a foundation of rock. 



