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were associated with varieties of slate-clay, some¬ 
times inclining to bituminous shale, and with 
quartzy sandstone. The whole of the cliffs ap¬ 
peared to be traversed in all directions, by veins 
of greenstone, porphyry, and compact felspar, — 
the latter sometimes passing into claystone. 
After sliding down the steep of Cape Moorsom, 
I skirted the base of the cliff to the northward 
with some difficulty, until I reached a stripe of 
ice firmly frozen to the ground, and partly tinder 
water. On this I was enabled to travel to an ex¬ 
tensive plain near Cape Mewburn, the surface of 
which is an uninterrupted expanse of loose stones 
and gravel, remarkable for its nakedness as to ve¬ 
getation. Here I observed renewed traces of in¬ 
habitants. The ground-plots of two summer huts 
were clearly laid out; and an external fire-place, 
with ashes, and portions of charred wood, yet re¬ 
mained. Numbers of pieces of manufactured 
bones were also picked up: on some of these, as 
before observed, the rows of holes, by which they 
had been divided, were very apparent. 
My Father, who crossed the country behind 
Vandyke Cliffs, from Cape Moorsom to the south¬ 
eastern headland of the island, which we named 
Care Simpson, met with numerous relics of the 
natives. On a flat of land, having a southern 
aspect, he found the remains of at least fifty sum- 
