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...angular frost-broken and lichen-crusted material; transported boulders are not seen, or are small and conspicuously weathered; and the cliffs have very high talus-slopes, such as that of Hannah's Head on the lower Humber. The largest area in which the surface mantle is undisturbed and the rock-walls covered with a rotted crust that has never been scraped off is on the western side of the island, embracing the Long Range of mountains and the adjacent foreland...
...tablelands, to quote Coleman's words, "No signs of glaciation were seen above the edge of the escarpment at 970 feet (aneroid), and a walk of four or five miles inland over the rolling surface of the tableland reaching 1.908 feet (aneroid), showed only angular blocks of Archaean rock of local origin. No foreign boulders were found, and the conclusion was reached that the southern part of the Long Range had never been glaciated...
...thrill of exploring a country which is practically unmapped, which the tourist has not invaded, is itself tremendous; but when, in following the bases of fantastically weathered slopes, such as those of Western Head, or ascending pathless mountain-ides by working one's way (always in the face of rock-slides) up the precipitous walls, as at Tucker's Head on Bonne Bay, one comes suddenly upon a plant occupying an area of only a few square rods and never before known to botanists, the excitement is intense...
...service and emergency relief in 1930, and $50,000 for the encouragement, maintenance and relief of the Lutheran church in Russia and to help struggling Lutheran churches in smaller European countries. The $50,000 must also support European seminarians and foreign missionary emergency work. Dr. Gustaf Albert Brandelle of Rock Island, Ill., was re-elected President of the council for the coming year...
Water filtering through overlaid rocks for perhaps 60 million years made Carlsbad Cave by dissolving original beds of rock salt, limestone, gypsum. In the great rooms, dripping water carrying, dissolved minerals has formed great stalagmites and stalactites. In the "King's Room" stalactites hang like the iridescent folds, pleats and ruffles of a canopy. The monstrosity of Carlsbad Cave, however, is the "Big Room," half a mile long, 400 ft. wide, 348 ft. high. Sixteen airships the size of the Los Angeles could be housed therein...