Field Notebook: Newfoundland 1918a
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These vertical bypns reel extend at times so far they look verticall. Stand as they grew but in many cases they are slow hollowed up and are tumbled down. Single isolated heads and a few supported heads in small beds are common. They're also associated with the ups. There are many joints in these limestone but are exceedingly hard to give Grinnell's reparts (columns are common). Dunbar found one fine ejected like Hicropites. Dunbars note are as follows:- "Following around Black Duck Bay to Mist Point; the point and beyond consists of about 70 feet of thinned ? Richmondian Sandstone. Its moderately fine grained and very small grain tumbled, dipping about 30°. Long ledges running out into the water as far northeast as I can see good, in at least mile, at that point a little village with shutting off my view." extend 200 yards north & west. Dips 30° about 150 ft. Top of section not seen. stills out parallel with peninsula. Mist Point Dunbar has a much more detailed sketch and more ac- curate to nature. Richmondian Sandstone. Thicknes seems 75 feet but the thickness here may be 200 feet. Later we see that these rocks of Mist Point are the basal Devonian Series. Black Duck Bay Area point from mist. Road 600 yards 1300 feet -> Eastern edge cliffs about 100 feet high