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similar, but the amount of observed lignite is much less, the pieces being
merely fragments picked up on the beach. At neither of these places are
any sedimentary rocks other than clay exposed.

At the outcrop on Manin river, which is the most inland location ob-
served, the following fossils, taken from Dr. Dawson’s list, occur; (Rep.
1878-79, p. 99 B.) :—

Macoma nasuta, Conrad.
Sazxidoma squalidus, Desh.
Tapes staminea, Conrad.

Lucina filosa, Stimpson.

At the locality on Naden river which enters the head of Naden harbour
(Virago sound) the following species were observed in a bank about fif-
teen feet high:—

From the lower part of the bank:—

Saxidomus squalidus, Desh.

Tapes staminea, Conrad.

Macoma sp,

Nassa mendica, Gould.

Cryptobranchia concentrica, Midd. (Lepeta coecotdes, Cpr.)
Tornatina eximia, Baird.

Littorina Sitchana, Phil.

From the upper part of the bank the following were obtained :—

Sazidomus squalidus, Desh.
Tapes staminea, Conrad.
Cardium Nuttalli, Conrad,

Purpura crispaia, Chemn.

The country east of Masset inlet is usually low, or broken with occasional
ridges of no great elevation, It is largely drift-covered, and rock out-
crops are practically unknown. Even the streams, which are short, are
cut in sand and gravel, 80 far as they have been examined. On the north
shore, from Masset to Rose point there is nothing but sand, gravel, and
boulders with the exception of the rock outcrops at Tow hill, and at two
places beween this point and the entrance to the inlet. ‘The sands are often
blown into great ridges which have invaded the edge of the forest
growth that skirts the shore. Along the portion between the
mouth of Hiellaon river, at Tow hill, and Mose point, the
upper part of the beach is composed of great quantities of rounded
pebbles, mostly of igneous rocks, while the outer portion of the point con-
sists of great masses of blown sand or dunes. These dunes continue