IN KINGS COUNTY, N. S.—HAYCOCK. 289 
sedimentary formation overlying the trap of the North Mountain 
which was hurriedly observed by him in 1876. He states that 
no fossils had been found in these rocks, but concludes from the 
superposition of this formation on the trap that it is of more 
recent date. He does.not hint at its probable age further than 
the above, but remarks that Prof. Bailey has reported rocks of 
somewhat similar nature m association with the trap of Digby 
Neck. Having been unable to find the statement in any of 
Prof. Bailey’s writings accessible to me I made inquiry of him 
and found that he did not know of such a formation, or of 
having made the statement ascribed tohim. This being the state 
of knowledge in regard to these rocks I hoped to find some- 
thing that would throw light upon their age and possibly reveal 
a part of the geological history of this region during that long 
period so blank in records in Eastern Canada and New England, 
from early Mesozoic to the Glacial period. 
In pursuit of this purpose I examined the shore south-west 
from Scot’s Bay and was pleased to find for about four miles 
occasional good exposures in the coves of the formation men- 
tioned by Dr. Ells, until Ira Woodworth Bay was reached. This 
is the exposure mentioned by him and was the most westerly 
outcrop seen. Beyond this according to local authority none of 
the rocks mentioned are found. Considerable value can be 
ascribed to the local accounts in this case owing to the search 
for amethysts which occur in cavities of masses of red jasper in 
some of the layers of limestone, and are collected by the inhabi- 
tants to supply the tourist trade. Only a hurried survey was 
made on this occasion and but one fossil was found, which, tho’ 
poorly preserved, was plainly the coiled shell of a gastropod. 
The general appearance of the strata, however, led me to hope 
that better results would repay a careful and_ systematic 
search. 
On November 6th, I left Wolville for a further study of this 
interesting formation. The results of my observations on this 
trip I will endeavor to put before you. 
Proc. & TRANS. N.S. Inst. Sct., VOL. X. TRANS.—S. 
