AND PLEISTOCENE SUBSIDENCE, 143 
(7) Along the road leading to the back settlements from Rimouski Station (67 feet 
high), terraces facing the St. Lawrence occur at elevations of 260, 330 and 367 feet. The 
330 feet terrace is a wide one, in which marine fossils were found, while that at the 367 
feet level is narrow and somewhat uneven. An old shore line is traceable at its upper 
margin, along which numerous boulders of gneiss, granite, etc., are seen; while above it 
the deposits have the usual subangular character, as far back as examined, up to an 
elevation of 625 feet. Glaciated rocks and roches moutonnées occur in several places, but no 
well defined striæ. The ice-worn sides were in all cases presented to the 8. or 8. W. 
(8) At Bic, polished rocks occur half a mile west of the Intercolonial Railway Station 
(75 feet high), but without distinct striæ. The ice producing these, however, evidently 
moved up or down the St. Lawrence valley nearly in the direction of S. 50° W. or N. 50° E. 
(9) St. Flavie Station (246 feet high) stands on an extensive terrace. The upper limit 
of the marine beds could not be distinctly traced here, although there appear to be high- 
water marks at the contour lines of 290 or 300 feet and of 340 or 350 feet. On the 340 
feet terrace, numerous water-worn boulders of the usual kind occur. Behind St. Flavie 
Station, a ridge extending east and west is glaciated on the south side, but no distinct 
striæ were visible. 
(10) No traces of marine beds were observed at St. Octave Station (561 feet high) nor 
at Little Metis Station (675 feet high), the ground being uneven and rolling. Looking 
down from the Intercolonial Railway track, between these two stations, however, the 
great marine plain, 200 to 300 feet below, can be seen skirting the St. Lawrence and 
extending up and down the valley. 
In the list of glacial grooves, in the “Geology of Canada,” 1863 (p. 890), already 
quoted, the following sets are recorded, which may be correlated with those just described 
Their courses are all referred to the true meridian. 
1. On Kempt road, near Metapedia Lake..................,..........,...... $. 80° E. 
2. At Temiscouata Lake, west shore.........,......,........... ss 8. 54° E. 
3. os ROMO HaVie\o000 nooUcobond GoD uno ot 00 bobbbb oc §. 52° E. 
(1) S. 66° E. 
4. se in three places near the last...... 2 o00 00000 (2) §. 48° E. 
(3) “S 277: 
HAAIDrOIRNPIStO lens eee eercerieeeereeden.-s.-rtescrvee 8. 32° E. 
[but the true course is probably the reverse................. .....,.... N. 32° W.] 
6. On Temiscouata road, in five places, with courses varying 
AOI atoretohalelalerelo/oletetaivakere)efolistereselsiatelsisiatelslsisietatelleistolelels 8. 44 E. to §. 64° E. 
[but true courses probably.........,..................... N. 44° W. to N. 64° W.] 
7. In the Eastern Townships, at St. Armand, Sutton, Orford and 
Sherbrooke, striæ with courses varying from...... S. 36° E. to S. 61° E. 
[but the true course of these may also be................. N. 36° W. to N. 61° W.] 
The striæ numbered 1, 2, 3 and 4 are on the south side of the watershed of the Notre 
Dame Range, and were doubtless, caused by ice moving southward ; but those included 
under numbers 5, 6 and 7 may have been produced by northward-moving ice, similarly 
to the striæ met with between Rivière du Loup and Metis.’ If such is really the case, 

1 During the summer of 1886, Prof. L. W. Bailey discovered striæ and transported boulders in the northern 
part of the Lake Temiscouata basin showing a northward ice-movement (see Science, viii. 412.) 
