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its unwelcome folds before us but lifted [[strikethrough]] now & then [[/strikethrough]] once or twice enough to give a momentary glimpse at the bases of some 1 much higher mts. than any visible along the monotonously regular hills forming this part of the coast.
Unfortunately however the fog hung faithfully over the tops and refused us any more satisfactory glimpse at these mts. which form 3 high peaks visible far off shore on a clear day Capt. H. calls these [[strikethrough]] mts. [[/strikethrough]] Muir Mts.

The summits of the hills were very smoothly outlined & as we could see by the faces of the cliffs along shore the strata had been shaved off regardless of the angle they took to the plane of the surface showing marks of the oversweeping glacial action.

As we came to anchor about 5 ships length offshore a couple of [[strikethrough]] pair [[/strikethrough]] of Eider Ducks (females) with a half grown brood each swam gently away along the shore beyond the mouth of the Noer ([[Som.  V-nigra) and on landing the pleasant chatter of a couple of [[strikethrough]] par [[/strikethrough]] families of Snow Buntings greeted us as these hardy little fellows fluttered up from the top of the beach among the drift wood and took refuge some on the great snow bank half covering the face of the cliff to the right while others scattered about in the vicinity over the hillsides & along the stream. The crumbling slate cliffs with ramifying veins of white quartz straggling irregularly across their faces with the narrow snow blocked beach at their bases 

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