PROCHEDINGS 
OE THE! 
Nova Srotian Hustitute of Matural Sricice. 
ArT. I.—GEOLGGY oF AYLESFORD, Kine’s County, N. S.—By 
the Ruy. D/HONEYMAN, D.C. 1. F. ROS.'C, FOS. De. 
London. 
(Read November 8, 1886.) 
I HAVE already read notes on the Geology of Wolfville and 
Kentville, in this same County, and also on Nictaux, in Anna- 
polis County. In the last I encroached somewhat on Kings 
County. (Vide Papers in Transactions 1877-8.) ‘These left the 
long distance of twenty-three miles unexamined. In Angust 
last I had an excellent opportunity of interrupting this distance 
by an examination of a considerable part of Aylesford. My 
headquarters were at Holmworth—the Rev. B. Musgrave’s— 
through whose assistance I was enabled to make a very satis- 
factory examination of the district. It was observed that stones 
were of rather rare occurrence. Red sand is seen on all sides— 
the debris of the Triassic formation. The formation itself is 
rarely to be seen. On the banks of the rivers are alluvium and a 
terrace. Our attention is directed to one large stone. It is 
basaltic. Its original position was the basaltic rocks of North 
Mountain, about five or six miles north of its present position. 
Henceforth similar boulders appear often enough. With these 
are associated granite boulders, which have come from an oppo- 
site direction, from South Mountain, where the granites are to 
be seen also in position. We now cross the Annapolis River on 
our way to North Mountain. We proceed eastward until we 
