The few eminences that are on this side were mistaken for islands when seen from the opposite shore; they are for the most part cliffs of basalt and are not above one hundred feet high; the subjacent strata are of white sandstone.

The rocks are mostly confined to the capes and shores, the soil inland being flat, clayey, and barren.

Most of the headlands showed traces of visits from the Esquimaux but none of them recent.

Many ducks were seen, belonging to a species termed by the voyagers from their cry caccawees.

We also saw some gray geese and swans.