70 NOTES ON GEOLOGY AND BOTANY OF DIGBY NECK—BAILEY. 
central axis to either shore. On the contrary,a series of contour 
lines would show that while the range is one in its relations to 
the lowlands, it is itself made up of many subordinate ridges, 
not quite parallel to the length of the peninsula itself, and so 
arranged as to form a series of obliquely overlapping lines. The 
course of the transverse valleys thus formed is usually not far 
from north and south, and the descent to these, as at Sandy 
Cove, is usually quite abrupt, while at the Petite Passage, which 
strikingly illustrates the feature alluded to, the shores on either 
side stand as well nigh precipitous bluffs overlooking the alter- 
nate rush of the tides through that wonderful channel. An 
admirable opportunity for the study of the orographic features 
of the peninsula is afforded by a high and conspicuous peak, 
which, with a nearly vertical face of over one hundred feet, over- 
looks the picturesque settlement of Sandy Cove. In the almost 
unobstructed view which may thence be obtained, and of which a 
part only is shown in the accompanying photograph, Plate IV, 
not only does the observer marvel at the wonderful beauty and 
singular characteristics of the immediate foreground, but, for 
miles to the westward, sees ridge after ridge presenting to the 
sky an outline which is conspicuously serrated, suggestive of 
what is actually the case, the existence of table upon table of 
rocky masses, resting one upon another, each abrupt upon the 
one side and upon the other sloping gently backward, only to 
meet and to be capped by other masses similarly inclined. 
This feature is more marked west of Sandy Cove than to the 
eastward, and through much of the peninsula in that direction 
this may be regarded as a sort of trough, formed by and parallel 
with these bounding ridges. In this trough, through which 
runs the stage road to Tiverton and Westport, are contained 
almost al] the cultivable lands of the peninsula, and in places 
long narrow shallow lakes, with connecting streams and 
meadows. 
The peninsula of Digby Neck is thus, as regards its physical 
features, a district of bold contrasts, including long and promi- 
nent ridges, separated in some places by broad and open valleys, 
