"Directly after luncheon, Eck Dr & '47 I started for the top of Cinnabar Plate. Dr. turned back at the base of the vertical cliff of diabase, his rubber shoes being too large for him and wholly unsuitable for attempting the scramble up the 60-foot bluff. It was some climb for Eck and me, but our kamikos en- able us to gain and keep good footholds in the crevices between the rocks both ging up and coming down. The weather was perfect for the excursion. By my aneroid the base of the cliff was 600' A.J., top 660' A.J., highest part of plateau 710' A.J. In the western part of the plateau there is a small cairn. The western cliffs are vertical and present sheer bluffs that must be 100' high or more. We saw plenty of beryls and some pumice in