Field Notebook: Newfoundland 1910b
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Saturday August 20, 1910. Omme Bay. Hear fog until 8.30. It then lifts and a very gentle breeze springs up. We left anchor and at 9.45 have gotten in pretty Annie's Point. A fine sunny morning and all of the fog has lifted above the mountain tips. The northern & eastern shore of the main entrance of Omme Bay is all of the sandstone (16) series. There may be some of the shales here as well but there is no intrusive material. The other shore is pure diorite. When we are out to sea and look back at the land we have a good view of the Long Range Mts. They stand out boldly and to the north of Omme Bay were the fire land is low. As one approaches