12 NOVA SCOTIAN GEOLOGY—HONEYMAN. 
old trenches, which are two in number, running parallel on two 
beds of ore, twenty feet apart. 
These have the same course as the trench of the New Mines, 
and are one or other doubtless a continuation of the Iron bearing 
strata of the latter. Fossils were collected, of forms similar to 
those of the Asaphus ditmarsiw strata, and others not found 
there. Returning we kept on the Hessian Line road until we 
reached the Moose river road, by which Dr. Gilpin and I came to 
the New Mine. I had thus an opportunity of examining the 
other outcrop already referred to, also of re-examining the New 
Mine and of adding to my collection of fossils. I thus found the 
Moose river road presenting a good cross section of the greater 
part of the rocks of the area under examination. 
Friday, 18th, Morning —Engaged in locating on Church’s map, 
the positions of the several outcrops examined, and in studying 
their relations. 
Forenoon.—We went to Bear River Village, travelling the 
Digby Road at a distance of two and half miles, Strata, deep red 
and soft of considerable thickness, were observed and examined 
in “ Deep Brook.” Half a mile farther, on the left, we came to 
the Bear River Road, at the Temperance Hall and School House. 
Proceeding along this road we found an interesting outcrop of 
rocks; just before reaching the summit of the mountain (Purdy’s) 
other outcrops were observed, especially after reaching the road 
which follows the course of Bear River on the east. Out- 
crops were observed occurring very frequently between the cross 
roads and the village. Still keeping on the east side of Bear 
River, a short distance above the bridge, I found and examined an 
interesting outcrop of rocks, on the river side. The rocks are 
black slate with limestones, much metamorphosed and very hard. 
This is particularly the case with the limestones, which are 
fossiliferous. I could only get fossils out of them, where they 
were weathered, I collected some at the southern side of the out- 
crop, consequently in the lower strata. On the Digby county 
side of the river, the same strata are seen outcropping in a ship-.. 
yard where a large ship was being built. Farther up the river 
we crossed at the bridge at Rice’s mill; here we found a splendid 
