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December 16^th. [1834] — (1)

First of Chonos Islands. — (Midship Bay.)

Micaceous schist 92378: 79). — consisting of convoluted layers of quartz with divided by thick seam of micaceous phyllade after becoming ampellite. — The quartz is exceedingly abundant in large layers. we may imagine the two minerals of common mica slate are here each collected into separate layers. The common dip was to within 1/2 point of SW (compass) ∠40°:

I saw it vertical where the dip was more southerly. — The schist is crossed by numerous dykes. I found former extensive ones, composed of massive pale-grey granular (2380: 81) greenstone. containing few crystals of feldspar: little iron pyrites & ( grains of quartz ) if this latter mineral is present we may imagine greenstone proceeds from fused micaceous schist:

The two main dykes had a direction of NE & SW (by compass) the others between NE & N by E: one was 9 yards broard, other 7, 3 & 4^th 1 to 2 yards wide. They had been

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Mem: good sized, but not healthy trees of T.del. Beech

immense quantity of Cryptogam: plants

At S. Pedro Torres a little deer & mice

This very small expand [illeg]

Deer on Lemuy on C. Tres Montes

Where plain no trees, but thick peat formed by Big Plant (specimen of white flowers with tufts of common grass & sea plant & little stunted Beeches. latter trees 1/5 of wood

No arborescent grasses: T del Fuego creeper

Lat: 45° 18'

(Decemb^r 18^th went to see)

Lampyrus [preeminent] genus Pselaphus& Staphylinus & Gyrinis abundant in the forest & cryptogamic flora

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broken by many faults, at nearly rt ∠^r to their course. — There were lines of fracture parallel to the dyke: & brok the dykes necessarily crossed the laminae of slate at high angles: (argument against [illeg]

All these dykes were within 1/3 mile of each other. — All the greenstone were similar, hence from some subterranean mass, hence coeval. — the faults must have been caused by a slipping of the schist in direction of laminae. — a drawing or stretching in same direction as caused the crack of dykes would confirm this. —

The hills & creeks in the mica slate islets & forms of many parallel to cleavage viz. NNW (true). —

Mem: not on S. Pedro

Height ??
Height of main mountain run to ESE NE & W &E ? (V. chart when completed)???

Porphyry of the nature of dykes??

The height of the main range must be about between 2 & 3000 ft: one peak being 2900 ft

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[December] 20^th. [Sailed] to North. — Noon — (Tres Montes). — Weather beach coast lofty — steep like W. [Alanter] Island. —

remarkable number of trees on windward side, [illeg] abrupt points. — dangerous

Altered slate running NNW & SSE?? Many cones greenstone

On coast South of Cove Harbor, judging from the ship. —

Funarius like water wagtail

There can be little doubt from external appearance, that the main range is composed of granite, as that near Patch Cove North part of C. Tres Montes.