230 NOVA SCOTIAN GEOLOGY—HONEYMAN. 
NortH RANGE STATION. 
Abundance of quartzite and diorite masses were observed 
on the sides of the railway. These led me to infer that the 
quartzites and diorites of Victoria Bridge extend thus far and 
pass onward. 
WEYMOUTH. 
About a mile short of the station a cutting of rocks appears. 
They seem to be quartzites of which there are considerable ex- 
posures to the left, which I subsequently examined. Thus far the 
examination was rather cursory. It was evident that the rocks 
are an extension of .the Moose and Bear River formations. The 
course of the railway being to a large extent in the general strike 
of the rocks, only a comparatively small width of the series was 
crossed, consequently little variety occurred. 
From Weymouth onward to Yarmouth I had an excellent 
opportunity of making a satisfactory examination of any ex- 
posures that occur on or near the line of railway. Through the 
kindness of Mr. Murphy, Government Engineer, and Mr. Murphy, 
contractor, I made an examination by trawley. 
Between Weymouth and Church Point we passed through 
three cuttings of slates and quartzites on three several grades. 
METEGHAN STATION. 
Here and about a mile beyond are cuttings of slates still 
belonging to the series which I regard as Middle and Lower 
Silurian. Succeeding are three and a half miles of obscurity, 
then we came to a fine cutting, having the rocks bold on either 
side of the road. This is the familiar quartzite of our Hali- 
fax metamorphic rocks. Its associate on the north side is a 
fine micaceous argillite. The obscure interval occurring between 
this and the Meteghan slates is disappointing. I had anticipated 
a more satisfactory state of things in my railway examination. 
Believing that the granites did not extend thus far westward, I 
had expected that the railway would reveal some approach to a 
junction of the two grand series of metamorphic stratified rocks 
with manifest conformability or unconformability. 
I shall revert to this subject. 
