rises the rugged, cone-shaped Hal - (86) Simples Rock, bitersea composed of granitic rock, The second and larger island lying across the en- trance to Wostenholme Sound is Saunders Island. This presents a strik- ing contrast in appearance to Gros- an almost flat-topped block tenholme Island, being composed pri- tially of the red and white bands are Huronian sandstone, whose hori- zontal in the lofty southern cliffs but inclined gently toward the north in the section exposed by the west-- facing bluffs. It receives its name from Captain Saunders whose vessel the "North Star" wintered in the neigh- boring bay, which is known by her name. The next important indenta- tion of the coast north of Wosten-