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tion. On the very summit is a quartz dike 
cut to the same level with the general outline 
of the knoll, on which the marks are very 
distinct. I arrived on the extreme point — 
where the southern descent is so abrupt that 
the mountain seems to plunge into the ocean 
— just at sunset. The sea as far as the eye 
could reach w r as still glowing with color; ame¬ 
thyst clouds floated over the numerous islands 
to the southwest; while on the other side in the 
gathering shadows lay the little lake midway 
on the mountain slope, and, below, the many 
inlets, coves, and islands of Frenchman’s Bay. 
On the following day, we crossed to the 
opposite side of the island, skirting Somes’s 
Sound, and the next morning entered the 
sound in a small schooner. A stiff breeze 
from the north, which obliged us to tack con¬ 
stantly, and made our progress very slow, 
prevented us from exploring this singular inlet 
for its whole length ; but short as it was, our 
sail gave me ample opportunity for observing 
the glacial phenomena along its shores. At 
the mouth of the sound, before entering the 
narrows, there are several concentric termi¬ 
nal moraines on both sides of the fiord. No 
