130 PHYSICAL FEATURES OF NOVA SCOTIA.—MURPHY. 
Harbour, occur at Jegoggin Point. From these we may have the 
supply of magnetite. 
The magnetite represented by the sections described has also 
been rendered obvious by reducing pieces of the rocks to a 
powder in a wedgewood mortar and extracting the magnetite 
with a magnet. 
Art. VIII.—Some PuysicaLt FEATURES OF Nova SCOTIA, WITH 
NoTeEs ON GLACIAL AcTIoN. By M. Murpay, C.E., 
Provineial Government Engineer. 
(Read April 14, 1884.) 
From the year 1869 to 1872 it was my duty to survey some 
of the Gold Districts which lie in various directions along the 
Atlantic slope of the Province; and subsequently it became a no 
less pleasing one to conduct some railway surveys, the course of 
which was right across the general direction of the strike of the 
gold-bearing rocks. During these iabours and journeyings my 
work was entirely confined to surveys and public works. Such 
observations as I was able to make of a general scientific charac- 
ter, were necessarily incidental, hasty and external; however, 
these defects of hurried and superficial observation will be 
found in the details only. I am able to place before you a 
correct representation of the geological skeleton, the character- 
istic outlines, and true topographical section on two lines of 
profile across the province, between the Bay of Fundy and the 
Atlantic shore. The line of railway in operation from Halifax 
to Windsor gives a third such profile. All are between the 44th 
and 46th meridians, and are nearly parallel to one another. 
These sections or profiles may be said to possess advantages in 
facilitating the formation of more comprehensive views on the 
