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3 Nov. Bold bluff extending for a
mile or more westward from Soap-
stone Valley - 900-1000 feet high by es-
timate of St Clair and myself -
generally red gneiss with predominan-
tly hornblende's bands near bottom.
Trap dikes ca 200 ft wide de-
sends diagonally across face from
valley to point and then rises again
more abruptly from sealevel, forming
a broad V which lies upon its
side - Many tent shaped grottos
at sea level and above. a line of
them 50-75 feet above the sea seems
to indicate the locus of a former
sea level (corresponding in height
to the raised beaches at the head of the
bay). Higher ones are to be seen, but
especially along a steeply inclined
(70°±) fault zone.
Approaching the second point, two
miles from the valley and four miles
from the head of the bay, one sees par-
ticularly beautiful banding in
the gneiss, while near the point
sigmoid flexures are pronounc-
ed.