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retreat. We are now in a region which we examined in 1851, 
and subsequently when collecting specimens in 1861 for the 
great London Exhibition of 1862. We now traverse the enor- 
mous beds of Gypsum, with their heights and hollows character- 
istic of such deposits. We still observe plenty of our Archean 
boulders. This perplexes us somewhat, as we expected that they 
would now disappear. We reach Green Point, our present te7- 
minus ad quem. We come to the great Carboniferous conglom- 
erate, which we had observed on our way to the coal mines in 
1851. I would remark that I then explored this region, which 
had not been visited by the author of Acadian Geology, and 
collected specimens which are now in our Provincial Museum. 
I have also given a record of the observations made, in my First 
Paper on-the Geology of Antigonish County. (Transactions of 
this Institute.) .Looking at these conglomerates, I thought that 
Mr. Fletcher must surely have made a mistake, as it was hardly 
possible that these rocks could be glacially grooved and retain the 
marking in a position so exposed, and on the verge of the Gulf. 
However, there they were. We observed parallel grooving on 
the edges of a stratum which was comparatively plain, and also 
on its face. The course of all of these is S. 20 E. magnet. Our 
perplexity caused by the frequent occurrence of Archzean bould- 
ers on our way to the west of the Archean rocks of the moun- 
tains was also dispelled, thus: The great conglomerate is largely 
composed of boulders of Archzean rocks, as we found them on 
the north side of the Cobequid mountains, as well as the south 
side. (Vide Paper on the Geology of I.C. R.) These are easily 
detached from the rock by the action of the sea and of the 
atmosphere, as well as glacial action. This conglomerate may 
therefore be regarded as a secondary source, and a transportation 
northward, caused by the sea and other agencies of the Lower 
Carboniferous period. Superficial observers may thus have 
been led into error, and persuaded that both southern and north- 
ern transportation may have been effected by similar agency, 
viz., Post-Pliocene glacial, in opposition to pre- and post- glacial. 
Following the direction of the glacial grooves and at the same 
time traversing the Lower Carboniferous Conglomerate, we 
