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land paused in its oscillations upwards.* We must again 

 refer to Mr. Hind's work for an account of similar rocky 

 terraces in the interior of the peninsula. Near the 

 " Lake where the land lies," he describes the gneiss hills 



ROCK TERRACES ON A CONICAL PROMONTORY NEAR HOPEDALE, LABRADOR. 



as rising in "gigantic terraces." He likewise speaks of 

 "gneiss terraces five in number, the highest being about 

 one thousand feet above the sea," and he states that the 

 sloping sides of these abrupt steps are rounded, polished, 

 and furrowed by glacial action.f 



Mr, Cayley has described them also quite fully : " We 

 now made the fifth portage [fifty miles from the mouth 

 of the river, and 370 feet above the level of the sea], 

 where we first met with some curious natural steps or 

 terraces, which were continually repeated on our march. 

 They were usually five or six in number, averaging three 

 or four feet in height ; the distances between each rather 

 irregular, just affording room enough to take two or 

 three paces, and their surfaces presenting the appearance 

 of having been artificially constructed. They were of 



* " Terraces or banks of gravel and ancient shingle beaches were observed 

 on either side of the inlet [Nachvak Inlet] at various heights up to an estimated 

 elevation of two thousand feet." Bell's "Observations," 1885, Rep. Geol. 

 Surv. Canada for 1885, p. 7, DD. 



t Hind's Labrador, p. 133. 



