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marked fossils from them. The rocks are only exposed in a section, 
being otherwise covered with soil. Their dip is nearly vertical ; 
their strike E. and W. Between Rice’s Mill and Bear River vil- 
lage, on the Digby side of the river, the only exposure of strata 
found is at a ship yard. These, like the strata on the Anna- 
polis side of the river, are of Middle Silurian age. 
The next outcrop is on the north side of the village, and of the 
syneline. Here we have the western extension of the strata of 
the New Mines, with an intrusive diorite. These were particu- 
larly noticed in my Paper of last session—Tvrans. Keeping to 
the same side of the river and proceeding northward, I did not 
observe any rock exposures until we came to the hill opposite 
the great quartzite on the other side of the river. This quartzite 
is succeeded by slates having fossils, which were considered to be 
of the same age as Asaphus ditmarsie—loce. cit. (middle silurian). 
The quartzite is not distinguishable from Bogart’s quartzite, and 
might claim the specimen which has the fossils—Arthrostawros 
Godfreyi and Maclurea sp. The strata on the hill exposed by 
several outcrops, may be considered to be a continuation of those 
on the opposite side just referred to, and, consequently, to be of 
the same age (Lower Silurian). Still farther on we meet with 
other outcrops of strata, corresponding with those on the other 
side, and then come to the Victoria Bridge, Digby road. 
I examined the fine section of rocks below the bridge, on the 
Digby side of the river and towards its mouth. I found the 
rocks to be quartzites of enormous thickness and diorite of great 
width. I consider the quartzite to be, like the quartzite already 
referred to, of Lower Silurian age, and the diorites as intrusive 
rocks of Devonian age. We found the diorite outcropping to a 
distance of three miles, towards Digby. Another set of strata 
was observed at our turning point. These also appear at the 
bridge near Digby. They lie on the north of the Diorite. 
DigBY AND YARMOUTH RAIL‘WAY. 
JORDAN STATION. 
The first appearance of Silurian rocks on the railway occurs 
near the Jordan station—black shales appear in a small cutting. 
