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caught, honest the insurmountable precipices, the rapid 
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pened to ourselves in examining the geology of Cape "or 
where we were under the necessity of makin : 
by clambering upa mural precipice three hundred feet high, 
which was effected with great risk of falling with the detach- 
ed columns on which we depen or support, we think it 
our duty to warn our successors of such hazards, and to re- 
commend a boat as the ark of safety in such emergencies, 
The trap rocks form the extremities ‘ie ‘Cape Chiznecto, 
Cape D’Or, Cape Sharp and most of t 
along the northern coast of the Basin of M Toone ica pA ee of 
these places exhibits some interesting geological phenomena, 
and furnishes many specimens of minerals of remarkable beau- 
ty, we shall describe them in order, beginning at the mouth 
of the basin and proceeding eastwardly along its northern 
shore 
Cape Chignecto, although it is not situated within the ba- 
sin, can be more conveniently deseribed here than elsewhere, 
It is connected with Cape D’Or and projects to the west from 
friend Dr. Benjamin Lincoln, who has kindly communicated 
to: us mere facts relating to the geology of the county of 
Cumberlan 
The trap erie the extremity of Cape Chignecto, which 
is the southeastern limit of the county of Cumberland, ex- 
tends back into the county nearly to Apple River, where it 
meets the sandstone hereatter to be described, and termin- 
— abruptly; the sandstone to contact with 
the trap, and not dipping by beneath ita itas usually happens. The 
strata of this rock are ‘horizontal, and Dr. L. suggests 
mine if this be true, as it must have an important bearing on 
the theory of the origin of trap rocks, and would lead to the 
opinion that the weight of this superincumbent rock had 
caused the fragile sandstone to yield to its pressure me thus 
accomplished the dislocation of the strata. 
