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mentioned, and that they were also practically of the same horizon 
with those seen at Clark head on the Mascarene shore and at Latete 
and other places just referred to. This examination confirms the 
statement made by the late E. Billings, some forty years ago, that these 
were all practically portions of the upper Silurian series. In the report 
of the Geological Survey by Dr. G. F. Matthew in 1878, on the rocks of 
the Kingston peninsula on the lower St. John river, the result of his 
study of this series clearly established the fact that the rocks of this 
peninsula were divisible into two series, an older clearly overlaid by 
Cambrian sediments ranging upward from the lowest division known 
as the Etcheminian, as developed along the north side of the Long 
reach at Caton island, and an upper series seen along the east shore of 
the reach, at several places, containing slates, diabase and felsitic 
rocks, sometimes amygdaloidal, which contain well-defined Silurian 
fossils similar to those already mentioned as occurring in somewhat 
similar rocks along the shores of Charlotte county. Among these slaty 
rocks seen along the east side of the Long reach have been recognized 
several species of Orthis, of Strophomena, Rhynchonella and spirifers 
with joints of crinoids, and among corals Zaphrentis and Favosites. 
The most of these occur in connection with beds of hard grey slates, 
interstratified with hard felspathic rocks, in places more or less amygda- 
loidal. In colour these rocks are often dark purple or greenish grey, 
and the rocks sometimes pass into a flesh-red or grey quartziferous 
felsite. In character these rocks closely resemble brecciated and ashy 
rocks, which are undoubtedly of Pre-Cambrian age as seen in some 
portions of St. John county. It is therefore possible to separate the 
Kingston rocks into two well-defined series. Such a separation was in 
part attempted for the area east of the Long reach of the St. John 
river some years ago by Dr. Matthew (see Report of 1877). On the west 
side of the St. John river in the vicinity of Westport, somewhat similar 
rocks occur; but so far in this direction the presence of organisms has 
not been ascertained, and it has not as yet been possible to definitely 
separate in this part of the area the newer from the Pre-Cambrian or 
older series. 
