NOVA SCOTIAN GEOLOGY—HONEYMAN. VA 
are all very red, so much so that when ground they may be used 
as red ochre. Part of the strata of light colour are said to act like 
soap when used in washing. The softness of the band and its 
position leads to the inference that it has suffered very much 
from denudation in previous periods as well as the present. It 
doubtless added its qguotw to the formation of the New Red 
Sandstone (Triassic). Its colour should be taken into account on 
speculations “On the colouring of the New Red Sandstone” of 
Annapolis and Kings Counties. I have already credited a part 
of this colouring to the Red hematite of Torbrook, Nictaux. The 
red slates of Kentville and Wolfville should not be overlooked. 
In the outcrop at Clementsport the red and grey argillites have 
interbedded quartzites and quartz veins, the latter attaining to a 
thickness of three inches. Following these are slates of various 
shades of grey and black, on them the wharf is built. 
The next in order are the strata of the Iron works on the 
other (E.) side of the harbour. These extend as far as the Bridge 
according to the outcrops. They are highly metamorphic, having 
slaty cleavage joints. They are very hard, micaceous and crum- 
pled. Their colours are grey and black. 
Beyond the Bridge are the slaty strata of Ditmars’s Falls (Diary 
Wednesday). On the road the outcrops of these are often bold 
euttings. This is especially the case at the beginning of the road 
to Waldec. About a seventh of a mile beyond the Bridge a fine 
outcrop is seen in the river. They present a beautiful banded 
appearance, and are very hard. After this comes the micaceous 
slate, already described. Beyond these, after an obscure interval, 
we have the slates of the New Mines, also described. These 
extend to Milner’s Mine, westward they outcrop on the Annapo- 
lis side of Bear River, and also on the Digby side above the 
Diorite. As the quartzite with fossils, at the end of the Moose 
River section, has been shewn to be the extension of the Fossil- 
iferous sandstones at Rice’s Mill, Bear River, we may assume 
that the outcrops extending between New Mines and the Quartz- 
ite are of strata, which are the extension of the fossiliferous strata 
between Rice’s Mill and Bear River (village) Bridge. I think 
that I may also assume that Bogart’s Quartzite (No. 2), Bear 
