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Wednesday July 6, Newfoundland,
Port au Basques is on mica schist.
In the distance we see Table Mt, 1700', perfectly flat
on top. The remnant of an old peneplain. It is a small
remnant. Elsewhere there is no general level, known
style lies on the sides. It looks like a plane against
which the sea once worked leaving it now as a cliff,
Table Mt.
Apparently much of the country to the east of the
railway is of this high peneplain country. One still sees the
plain and the cliffs to the south of Codroy. To the north
the Carib dy rises to a peneplained land but it is more
dissected. The Anguilla Bays to the north of the railway
are level topped and go to 1832-1762 feet.
In the stream bed of the Great Codroy river we see
the Carib, sandstones dipping a general N.E. W., striking at
a low clip to the south. Further northeast near Mor-
nis the valley is flat and filled with morainic material.
It's an old wide valley.
We are in the forest all the way to Gables and
now a morainic country.
Around Robinson there are extensive peat plains,
Around Fishcels we see the Carib, shales and sand-
stones. All dip about 45° Crossing Fischele from one
sees what looks like a cliff 1 S.E. to N.W. Good Carr.