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300 foot above the present sea level, Deer
Lake is said to be 15 feet above the sea. The
300 foot level is justly concordable with the
elevated rocks we have seen along the west
shore of Rift.
The stream that runs from Deer Lake to
Hunter Mouth is a widely U shaped
rather than a V cleft. It is narrower at
Hunter Mouth in the region of Castle Arm-
Gorge at the foot of Deer Lake where it was
blocked by from 60 to 70 feet of sand through which
it has cut down to the present level. The cuts
to the north at the foot of Deer Lake are composed
of Paleozoic strata dipping N. & S. at about 45-55°.
These strata continue to Hunter Mouth and
beyond. Breakfast Head are for a mile towards
Deer Lake are of limestone in the Ordovician series.
As one gets towards Hunter Mouth the gorge becomes
very narrow and is a steeply U shaped cleft. At the
foot it is not over half mile wide while at the head it is
between 2-3 miles across.