GEOLOGICAL GLEANINGS—HONEYMAN. 345 
ArT, II.— GEOLOGICAL GLEANINGS IN Nova SCOTIA AND CAPE 
BRETON*,. By THE LATE Rev. D. HonEymAN, D.C.L. 
We propose to give some account of an examination of a 
‘portion of Cape Breton, which is of unusual interest, scien- 
tifically and economically. Our observations may be regarded 
as gleanings. The region is somewhat familiar to us as it 
is a field in which we did considerable pioneer work in 
1851, and subsequently in 1861, when we were collecting 
material for the Nova Scotian Department of the London 
International and Great Exhibition of 1862. On the present 
‘occasion our headquarters is Strathlorne, an extension of the 
Mabou district, which lies on the east side of Cape Mabou. This 
side is chiefly known to us through the reports and sheet maps 
of Mr. Fletcher of the Geological and Natural History Survey of 
‘Canada. 
On our way from Halifax to our destination we selected a 
route, a great part of which was new. Our first observations 
were made between Tracadie, Antigonish County, and Port 
Mulgrave, in the County of Guysboro’. The geology of this region 
was not altogether new to us, as we had often travelled between 
Nova Scotia and Cape Breton, and had a practical acquaintance 
With the rocks that Jay in our way and rendered travelling some- 
what rough and uncomfortable. In 1861 we had crossed from 
Plaster Cove, Port Hastings, to the foot of Cape Porcupine, and 
examined the beautiful section on the shore. Of this the 
Archean crystalline rocks were found to be the centre. These 
were then regarded as igneous, intrusive rocks of Devonian 
age. On either side were stratified rocks, which we regarded as 
of Lower Carboniferous age. Mr. Fletcher now very properly 
assigns the crystalline rocks of Cape Porcupine to the Pre- 
‘Cambrian or Archzean, while he regards the stratified rocks as 
* This paper, as well as that which precedes it, was found among Dr. Honeyman’s MSS. after 
his death, It describes observations made a few months before his death, and covers very much 
the same ground as the preceding paper. It had clearly not been revised for publication. 
