3IO ' THE GEOLOGY OF THE LABRADOR COAST. 



exposure to the open sea, are much steeper, and com- 

 posed of much coarser materials, than those in more shel- 

 tered situations. 



At Domino Harbor are beaches more than one hun- 

 dred feet high, and in sailing up the sound which lies 

 between the mainland and the numerous islands that line 

 this coast, twelve beaches were seen rising from forty to 

 one hundred and fifty feet above the level of the sea, and 

 composed of two or three terraces. 



In Sloop Harbor, twenty-five miles south of Cape 

 Harrison, is a noble shingly beach nearly two hundred 

 feet high on the south side of the harbor, consequently 

 facing the north. 



Thomas Bay, which lies about thirty miles south of 

 Hopedale, afforded, along both of its shores for thirty 

 miles from the sea, fine examples of raised beaches, com- 

 posed for the most part of three terraces. High beaches 

 also occurred at Hopedale. The mission house and 

 buildings belonging to this Moravian settlement also 

 rest upon raised gravelly beaches, which afford soil deep 

 enough for gardens and cemeteries. 



It is to be regretted that from want of trrhe and proper 

 instruments we were unable to measure the heights of 

 these beaches and their respective terraces. Those given 

 are simply approximative, with the exception of the one 

 noticed as occurring upon Henley Island. The mass of 

 basalt was rudely measured by Lieut. Baddeley, and es- 

 timated to be two hundred and fifty-five feet high. The 

 terraces rise to the base of the pillars, which he estimated 

 to be one hundred and eighty feet above the sea. 



I believe it will ultimately be found -that all these 

 beaches rise above the present level of the sea at uniform 



