LIMESTONE CAVE POINT. 



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long narrow caves lined with moss. One cave was more 

 than sixty feet long, and, with the exception of a small 

 aperture, closed at one end and roofed throughout. We 

 named the spot Limestone Cave Point. From the descrip- 

 tion given by one of the voyageurs who had wintered 

 near this place and knew the country well, the rock along 

 the coast, from the Bull's Head to Pike Head, is fissured 

 in the manner described. Very roomy caverns can be 

 found, which are easily converted into excellent wintering 

 houses for trappers. The sides of the fissures are per- 

 pendicular, and the fracture is so even as to form cham- 

 bers of a rhomboidal shape. The passages between them 

 are beautifully covered with moss, while, gracefully droop- 

 ing overhead, the birch and white spruce obstruct the 

 rays of the sun, giving to these lonely cells a gloomy and 

 desolate aspect. The limestone is similar to that which 

 has already been described as No. 4 of Deer Island. At 

 the Narrows, or Dog's Head, the limestone and unfos- 

 siliferous rocks are in close proximity ; the east side of 

 the strait being composed of the Laurentian Series, on the 

 west side, of lower Silurian limestone. 



The wind being favourable we sailed during the whole 

 day, and at 4 p.m. reached the mouth of Jack Pish Eiver, 

 making a traverse across Fisher Bay, a very deep indenta- 

 tion whose western limit could not be seen from the 

 canoe. In Fisher Bay islands are numerous, and some of 

 them of large area, such as Great Moose Island, in the 

 mouth of the bay, and Juniper Island, four miles to the 

 north. Due west of the Dog's Head, Black Bear Island 

 contains an excellent boat harbour, a feature worthy of 

 note, as it occurs near the beginning of the great traverse 

 across Fisher Bay. Jack Fish Eiver issues from a marsh 

 separated from the lake by a belt of sand and shingle 

 about 100 yards broad. The river runs in a westerly 



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