no law, though justice is done amongst
themselves after their own manner. There is a neat little church, at
which the bishop is now officiating, and the people who are resorting to
it seem well-dressed and orderly."

On the 30th of July Lord Dundonald left the harbour, to pass round the
sharp promontory known as Cape St. George. "About midway," he said, "a
remarkable change takes place to the northward of the table mountain,
where the vertical strata become in appearance horizontal along the
whole shore of the projecting isthmus. The colour of the strata is
chiefly grey, in parallel layers of varying hardness, as appears from
its projections and indentations. I could not, without delaying the ship
longer than I wished, procure samples of the strata, but there was no
appearance of carboniferous minerals. The same layers were visible in
detached places up to the tops of the hills, which are of considerable
altitude, though that is not denoted in the chart. When we rounded Cape
St. George on the following morning, the strata, which before appeared
parallel, were observed to dip at a considerable angle towards the N.E.,
and seemed, where sufficiently exposed to view, to be split into large
diagonal flakes. There is an island close off the shore, about five
miles to the eastward of the Cape, called Red Island, which is of quite
a different formation seemingly red horizontal layers of sandstone, of a
soft nature, as is obvious from the encroachments of the sea. The
peninsula opposite to this island is of considerable elevation, as far
as Round Head, whence it gradually lowers to a point about ten miles
farther to the eastward. Here the level ground at first seems to be
alluvial, but on closer observation indurated rocks are seen to protrude
in flakes dipping into the sea. The bay formed by this promontory is of
great magnitude. There are several islands at its mouth and in the
interior, but there being no chart, and no motive for entering it, we
stood on towards the mountains on the main shore, some of which are very
high. In many parts the contortion of the strata, and the confusion of
all kinds of materials, are extraordinary. The sides of the mountains on
the shore are clad with moss alone, trees of very stunted growth only
appearing in the sheltered valleys. No visible portion of the shore
seems capable of producing food for man."

From the western coast of Newfoundland Lord Dundonald sailed due north
to visit Labrador.