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II. 8. Valley, north side of, opposite Jeffrey's Hill [Garden, 

 street.] Slate with remains of shells, Terebratiilite. 

 [Supposed to be Protorthis BiUlngsL Hartt, of the 

 Paradoxides Beds on Seely street. [Cambrian.] 



II. 12. North side of Little River, near the bridge, in compact 

 Grauwacke. Trunks of two large fossil trees, belor:g- 

 ing to the Coirifera. [Trees similar to these ha\e 

 been determined by Sir J. W. Dawson as Dado.vylo)i 

 Oiiangoiiduoinni.] Other smaller plants and impres- 

 sions of leaves, species of Phytolithus* and a calamite 

 [Arclia'ocalam'des ( = Born ia) yadiatus. ] Little River 

 Group. 



II. 12. City of St. John, near the residence of "His Worship," 

 [/. e., the Mayor, orr the south side of King Square.] 

 Remains of a cactus. [Probably a worm-pitted flag- 

 stone. Cambrian.] 



II. 15. Quaco Head, St. Johir Co. Irr grey sandstone. Two 

 species [/. c, varieties] of cactus [i. e. Stigmaria 

 ficoides] and a calarrrite. [Carboniferous.] 



II. 25. Grindstone Island [Albert Co.] In sandstone. Fossil 

 trees two feet across and forty feet long exposed on 

 the side of a cliff. It is branched and belongs to the 

 Dicotyledonous order. [Carboniferous.] 



II. 34. Chiguecto Bay. Coal formation. Conifori, Syringo- 

 dendron, [i. e., decorticated Sigillarife] four species. 

 At Cape Marenguin, Phytolithus, one species. Cala- 

 mites are numerous — 4^ inches across. [Carboni- 

 ferous.] 



II. 8.5. Same district. Sigillcvia, two species. [The figures 

 seem to represent S. tessellata, Brongn.] Cartct' 

 [I. e., Stignrarise.] Ferns [AlethojJteris lonchiticay] 

 and other plants. [Carboniferous.] 



II. 59. Tantramar Marsh, Westmorlarrd Co. Large trees of 

 dififereirt kinds, collectiorrs of shells and bones of 

 fishes found buried at different depths in the irrarsh. 

 [Recent.] 



II. 63. Sussex, Kings Co. In sandstorre and shale. Large 

 cacti [(. e., Stigmarife] and calamites, and leaves of 

 other plants. [Carboniferous]. 

 III. 5. Kennebecasis to Cape Mispec [near St. John], In clay 

 slate frequently ferrugenous. Marine animals and 

 land plants [?] alternately [Cambrian]. At Little 

 River, iir arenaceous beds, Fossil traces [Little River 

 Group]. 



HI. 7. St. John, near Jeffrey's hill, remains of marine animals, 



and land plants [?] [Cambrian]. 

 III. 14. Ten Mile Creek, St. John Co. Sandstone and shale. 



Calamites, common, also fossil trees [Carboiriferous]. 



* Phytolithus was a generic term used very indefinitely by Steinhaur, it mi^ht 

 mean any fossil stem not a calamite or a stigmaria. See notes on Gesner's Geolo- 

 gical map, p. 31. 



