in the for distance, and covered with its millions of tons 
of rubbish, greenstones, limestones, chlorite slates, 
rounded and angular, massive and ground to powder, 
its importance as a geological agent in the transporta¬ 
tion of drift struck me with great force. Its whole 
substance was studded with these varied contributions 
from the shore: and farther to the south, upon the now 
frozen waters of Marshall Bay, I could recognise raft 
after raft from the last year’s ice-belt, which had been 
caught by the winter, each one laden with its heavy 
freight of foreign material. 
The water-torrents and thaws of summer unite with 
the tides in disengaging the ice-belt from the coast; but 
it is not uncommon for large bergs to drive against it 
and carry away the growths of many years. I have 
