232 NOVA SCOTIAN GEOLOGY—HONEYMAN. 
after leaving the diorites of North Range, was the grey quartzite 
which followed the obscurity, on which I am now endeavouring 
to throw some light. Beyond adding a certain quota to the 
filling up of the gap of rocks, of a like undecided character, the 
Meteghan section did little additional service. The lithological 
character of the rocks is so different from that of Moose and 
Bear River rocks, that the two, when viewed separate, might be 
regarded as belonging to different series and different periods. ° 
My observations at Moose and Bear Rivers led me to forecast 
the oceurrence of rocks of corresponding age as far south as Cape 
Cove, on the coast of St. Mary’s Bay, and to regard this as their 
probable termination. My hypothetical line, extending 8. 40 W. 
from the end of Moose River section through the corresponding 
point on Greenland road, Bear River road and Rice’s mill to 
Cape Cove, also indicated the probable southerly position on the 
Digby and Yarmouth Railway, in the obscurity beyond Meteghan 
station. 
When coming near Cape Cove I was agreeably surprised to 
meet an old acquaintance, the familiar diorite of Nictaux, Moose 
and Bear River. This diorite outcropping boldly on the left 
side of the road, with a very hard quartzite in contact on its 
south side, is seen to extend in high elevation eastward (toward 
the line of railway,) about half a mile. Westward in Cape Cove 
it is seen exposed, but not so compact as in the west, having a 
somewhat slaty aspect, yet coarsely crystalline. Here it is seeh to 
oceupy the normal position as at Nictaux, Moose River and 
Bear River. The quartzite observed on its south side at the road 
does not appear at the cove. All the strata exposed are on its 
north side. There are slates and shales of varying colours, fawn, 
grey and black. The strike of the strata is 8S. 70 W., N. 70 E., 
the dip is vertical. This is precisely as at Nictaux and Moose 
River where strata occur in contact, or approximately so, with 
diorite e. g., Bloomington Road, Nictaux. 
The black slates at the extremity of the cove or Cape St; 
Mary’s are elevated and very picturesque. On the shore below 
the light house milky quartz is scattered profusely, contrasting 
with the black slaty debris. It is evident that the existence of 
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