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turned out to be chiastolites. In this band all is confusion, dip 
being at different angles and strike in all directions. At length 
the strata become slaty having a distinct southerly dip and cleay- 
age at right angles to the dip. The extension of these westerly 
outcropping in a field has similar structure. Proceeding in the 
same direction along Pleasant street, splendid outcrops are seen 
dipping in the same direction, opposite the last of these we have 
again a fine outerop on the shore; here the dip is also southerly 
and the strike nearly East and West. This outcrop was referred 
to above, as exhibiting slates and shales, passing into quartzites 
with veins of quartz. These outcrops are an interesting study, 
not merely on account of the transition just referred to, but also 
on account of the metamorphic phenomena which are beautifully 
striking and instructive. The last, street section, shows beautiful 
wavy lines of bedding with a southerly dip, slaty cleavage at 
right angles, joints and other striking features, e. g., concretions ? 
around which the wavy lines are seen to curve and then return 
to their original course. Some years ago I examined similar 
argillites exposed in blasting the foundation of the Young Men’s 
Christian Association Building in the City, these were seen dip- 
ping in the same direction with similar cleavage. A specimen in 
my rock collection in the museum, shows pyrite in flat rhomboid 
erystals which might be mistaken for ganoid scales. If the 
arrangement from this to the syncline were to be regarded 
generally regular, it would indicate a great thickness of argillite 
strata. There may be doubt, however, on account of obscuration 
of the intermediate strata, as well as the probable causes of the 
existing arrangement of strata, lateral pressure, non-intrusion. 
Returning to the syncline and proceeding to the left, south, we 
have first an obscuration of strata, then a point with confusion of 
strata, again, obscuration and then a ledge with crumpled bedding 
of argillites and a northerly dip. Here too there is cleavage and 
joints with glaciation and scooping in the line of joint, showing 
beautifullines. The glaciation is 8.38° E. A ledge to the south 
of this and next to the fort at the Point, is composed of quartzite 
strata with overlying slaty strata, an arrangement similar to that 
observed at Cranberry Head, Yarmouth. (Vide Paper on the 
“Geology of Digby and Yarmouth Counties.” Zrans. 1881-2): 
