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nearly to the Argillites of Halifax in all but colour, that I felt 
disposed to refer them provisionally to thesameage. The tilting 
and obscure stratification, the occurrence of large crystals of 
pyrite and quartz veins, here and elsewhere, as in the Deep 
Hollow, seemed to favor this view. The only seeming doubtful 
feature was the oceurrenee of Diorites in the Deep Hollow. 
The great quartzites at the meeting of the Deep Hollow and 
Gaspereaux roads, near the great saw mills; the quarries in these 
great beds; the various blocks of quartzite dislodged ; the beau- 
tiful dendritie and moss-like figuring in the cleavage joints, even 
more striking than in the Halifax quartzite ;—all tended to 
deepen the first impression. 
The magnificent exposure of rocks of the Falls of Black River 
presented another aspect, which tended to confuse and unsettle 
in reference to the age of the preceding. My usual good fortune 
failed me in the examination of this area. How welcome would 
have been the sight of a familiar fossil. I came to regard a 
search as hopeless as in the slates of Halifax itself. I am under 
great obligations for guidance to the Deep Hollow and Falls of 
Black River, as well as to other localities, to Mr. Robert Starr, of 
‘Starr’s Point, Cornwallis. 
On consulting Church’s Map, I observed certain. saw-mills con- 
siderably back in the County. Mr. Thomas DeWolf, of Wolfville, 
kindly undertook to guide me to these localities. Traversing the 
old mountain road to Half-way River and Windsor, we entered 
the area about the middle where the Pre-carboniferous and Car- 
boniferous areas meet (already referred to). Here we found a 
great expesure of Black Argillites of very ambiguous character. 
Before reaching Half-way River we found ourselves in the Car- 
boniferous areas—a considerable outcrop of sandstones appearing 
on the road with Carboniferous flora. 
We evidently continued in this area as far as Half-way River 
and the County line. Taking the road leading up the river, we 
came to Bezanson’s Mill, where nothing particular was observed 
except large masses of granite. On reaching Willet’s Saw-mill, 
we observed a section of Carboniferous strata on the right side 
of the road. After this we observed nothing but drift, we 
