Sunday Sep 4 - 1910 Topsail. Raining all the afternoon. Left Topsail at 6.42 P.M. Steeper filled and could not get in. Monday Sep 5-1910 Port-au Basque With daylight this morning (6 A.M.) we are in the Sandu River country and then go on to the Exploits River again. All of this country is low and there is much swamp. The rocks are those of the “Lilian” and it is fortunate that the strata are fairly horizontal. The granite and igneous masses are nowhere near, and therefore there is no high country. All of the “Lilurian” has been worked in these low valleys to a low and flat condition. At Bishop Falls beside the railway are seen thick-bedded sediments standing nearly vertical. They are rather reddish and are probably arenaceous shales. There is also much sandstone,