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A\i;;T.st oy 1900. 



Ocean P.eHcli at Fire IslHaa. 

 On the so\i.tli shore the land is heing slowl;- hn. lit iip. r>anes 

 have "been formed, but owing to the variable character of the winds 

 the dunes do not attain the height of those near Lake IIichii':ari. 

 Several zones may he distinguished. 

 I. The Ocean Beach Zone. 

 II. First Row of Dunes. 



/a. 



III. Inner Dunesv , fa. Araiaophila resioxi. 



HudsoniH region. 



IV. Swamps in the Dunes. 

 V. Low Dunes on the Bay Shore. 



VI. Beach Zone on the Bay Shore. 

 llo vegetation on the oceaji beach owing to the disastrous effects 

 of strong surf and high winds. The shape of the first dunes is 

 like this (drawing), not the usual dune shape since the dune has 

 received a cliff-like aspect from the vigorous wave action. The 

 direction of the wind being variable the dunes as a whole are not 

 moving, though there is more or less shifting: of the sand. Th^s 

 sand was purple in some places and was mixed with garnet particles 

 as well as magnetite. 



II. IJXSl BiHa. iiSiO^n. 



Amiaophila. 



Lathyrus marltiraus. Cakile Americana. Oenothera biennis. 



Solidago serapervirens. i?uphorbia polyf:onifolla- 



