228 NOVA SCOTIAN GEOLOGY—HONEYMAN. 
rocks at Bear River, on the north side of the bridge. The latter 
are seen to be synclinal to the extension of the iron mine strata 
at Bear River. Trans. 1879-80. 
GREENLAND 
South of the “Old Mine” ALIner’ ) the Greenland road 
branches off the Hessian Line road. Traversing the former we 
descend and then ascend a ridge having outcropping strata, 
Here there is abundance of’ fossils, but the metamorphism and 
extreme hardness of the rock interfered_materially with the 
collecting of fossils, so that no remarkable forms were secured. 
These are undoubtedly passage rocks of the Bear River ‘and 
Moose River sections, ‘already referred to. Crossing the strata of 
the ridge, we reached Greenland. This Greenland is & settlement 
evidently overlying granites. The analogy of the Moose River’ 
section, the soil and the abounding granite boulders scattered on 
the fields and on the surface of the ground as far as the eye can 
reach, are sufficiently convincing. Proceeding westward through 
the settlement toward Bear River, nothing was observed but 
granite masses. Turning northward we crossed Ist fossiliferous 
strata, the extension of Rice Mill strata, Bear River W, or of the 
Moose River quartzite E, and. of Greenland road crossed on the 
way to Greenland. 2nd, A great and interesting exposure of 
strata which I noticed in my,paper. of last session as occurring on 
both sides of Bear River (Annapolis and Digby). These and the 
first met on this road are synelinal to the continuation of the 
New Mines’ strata already noticed.. The second .or upper out- 
crop produced specimens of Petraia sp, similar to that of the 
New Mines. These, therefore, nay be regarded as of the same 
age as the Asaphus ditmarsicw strata (middle silurian), The 
latter succeeds the Archean granites. 
BEAR RIVER. 
_ Proceeding up the river (south) on the Annapolis side, we re- 
crossed the fossiliferous strata, already crossed and recrossed, 
until we came in front of Rice’s Mill. Crossing the bridge over 
to the Digby side of the river, I re-examined the massive quartz- 
ose rocks at Rice’s Mill but did not succeed in securing any well 
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