312 ‘GEOLOGY OF ANTIGONISH COUNTY —HONEYMAN, 
About one mile north of the salt works, we have the mountain 
called the “Sugar-loaf.” The height of this is 760 feet. Its 
rocks are highly metamorphic slates, argillites. A section of 
them is seen on the “Old Gulf Road.” They are destitute of 
fossils. The summit rock is syenite.— (Vide “Polariscopic 
Notes.” A Paper preceding.) On the side not far from the sum- 
mit, the argillites outcrop. They are also seen outcropping in a 
brook at Doctor’s Quarry. I have correlated these with rocks 
in McLellan’s Mountain, which i regard as “Lower Silurian 
metamorphic” (?); overlying these are Lower Carboniferous con- 
glomerates. The upper parts of these have a little green copper 
carbonate. The ochreous limestones of the quarry overlie them. 
South of this mountain is another mountain of less elevation— 
480 feet. The argillites of this are overlaid by conglomerates 
and limestones of another quarry. Returning to the line of 
railway: Im its farther progress, it passes over to the south side 
of Antigonish harbour. Here gypsums are seen outcropping on 
its course as far as South River. Before reaching Williams 
Point, it conmres to heights which rise 300 feet above the sea 
level. In these are syenites with fossiliferous limestones in 
closest connection, forming a breccia. ‘The limestones are wholly 
unaltered.  Leperditia, conuluria, &c., are found near the 
svenite, and crystals of Galenite. Here we have a sea bottom, 
while on the “Sugar-loaf,” and other mountains, we have sea 
beaches of the Lower Carboniferous period. The former have 
been raised move than 300 feet since they were formed, as the 
fossiliferous limestones occur on the summit as well as the 
syenites. It is probable that the latter, and the mountain range 
itself, have been elevated to the same extent. 
Section IT., from North River, Antigonish harbour, to Cape 
St. George. — Crossing from Williams point to the mouth of 
North River, we find the gypsums re-appearing on the north 
side of the harbour. Up the river, on both sides of the Harbour 
Road, they are very largely developed, and they continue still 
farther towards the mountains. Beyond this conglomerates 
occur as far as the mountain rocks. At Town Point, on the 
harbour, “Mr. Deacon made a six-inch boring, and lined it with 
