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angle formed by the promontory and the main coast line, 

 but is not of great interest. The second is immediately 

 under the valley where the cliff falls back by Mr. Carey's 

 house. By following the path down the valley, and crossing 

 the stream to the rocky point on the left, an easy descent 

 will be found. The stream falls over the cliff in front of 

 the mouth of the cave, which is about 150 feet in length. 

 It is in the greenstone, and at the back of it is a slight flow 

 of water, which has left a mass of a soft red (ferruginous ?) 

 deposit. 



To the east of the point of descent is a small bay with 

 three caves. The first is in the greenstone, and of no great 

 size ; the second and third are in the granite. The second 

 is nearly 200 feet in length ; the greater part of it is fairly 

 light, as the entrance is high, but the back part is pitch 

 dark, as the walls approach and then separate again, and 

 the direction of the passage changes slightly. The third is 

 about 130 feet long. 



Close to the mouth of this last cave, and at right angles 

 to it, there is a lofty tunnel which pierces the headland 

 which forms the eastern point of the small bay. This gives 

 admission to the next bay, in which is another cave in the 

 granite, at right angles to the tunnel. This is over 150 feet 

 in length, and has several pools which necessitate wading. 

 Beyond this, eastward, a scramble over some very fine rocks — 

 passing one cave of about 100 feet — brings one to a bay of 

 considerable size, with a magnificent precipitous cliff at the 

 back of it. Large numbers of cormorants may be seen 

 nesting on its ledges in the spring. This bay contains four 

 caves ; the first is not large, but its granite walls are stained 

 with brilliant blood-red colour. The second is a very fine 

 lofty cave in black rock ; the roof is about 50 feet high and 

 bears a luxuriant growth of Asplenium marinum. The floor 

 is under water through a great part of the cave, which 

 extends, I believe, for over 200 feet. The third is a smaller 

 cave, but of considerable length ; the fourth, in the granite, 

 is smaller still. One of the two latter has a side branch of 

 some 40 or 50 feet 



There is a kind of sandstone gutter in the eastern 

 corner of the bay, just where the large rocks join the cliff, 

 which affords an easy ascent. The rocks between this bay 

 and the fishermen's mooring-place are magnificent ; you pass 

 between the cliff and enormous detached masses, under a 

 natural arch, and finally through a small tunnel under fallen 

 rocks. Below the arch is a curious split in the cliff, the 



