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sion a false inference to be drawn as to the height of the 
spring tides. These are probably brought by birds, as the 
elevated position they occupy, is far beyond the reach of any 
tide in the St. Lawience. 
On entering Mal Baie, a rock was observed, forming a long 
precipitous scarp, which had the appearance of being hori- 
zontally stratified. It is of a greyish colour. This we after- 
wards fouud to be a limestone and is the same that Dr. Bigsby 
describes as a calcareous conglomerate full of organic remains, 
and having gneiss and mica slate abutting aagainst it. 
Partaking of the well known hospitality of Mr. and Mrs. 
M‘Nicol for one day, we had leasure to examine some of the 
rocks in this place, which are particularly interesting, as it is 
here that the primary and secondary formations occur toge- 
ther. On the shore near the house we observed black fetid 
limestone, and we believe gneiss, but this spot was not parti- 
cularly examined. Crossing a bridge over the Mal Baie ri- 
ver, we proceeded across an alluvial ridge, towards Dr. Fraser’s 
house on the eastern side of this bay. Pursuing our walk on 
the shore, and down the river, we first came again en the 
black fetid limestone observed on the other side of the bay, 
Then examining a block which had fallen fromthe precipice 
above (the same noticed on entering the bay) it was found to 
consist of an indurated limestone of a greyish colour and the con- 
jecture before entertained respecting its horizontal stratifica- 
tion was confirmed. It forms a perpendicular scarp, perhaps 
one hundred and fifty feet high. Beyond the black fetid lime- 
stone, micaceous schist was met with, for the first time, con- 
taining veins of quartz, sometimes of a slight rosyshue, and 
common garnets. We saw none of the beautiful foliated gar- 
net, which is known to oceur in this rock. The dip of the 
mica slate is gently to the west, Continuing our walk, we 
came upon a rock, which appeared to consist of stratified mas- 
ges of pure quartz ; after which we met with syenitic gneiss. 
All the basset edges of these rocks, from the black limestone 
downwards, crop out on the shore, in conformable strata, 
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