PREFACE. vu 



Twelve years ago, when the First Edition of this Work was issued, 

 the cultivators of geological science in Acadia were few, and most of 

 these have passed away. Dr Robh, Dr Gesner, Professor Obipman, 

 Dr Harding of Windsor, and Dr Webster of Kentville rest in the 

 grave ; and Mr Brown of Sydney has left the scene of his labours for 

 an honourable retirement in his native country. But others have 

 arisen in their room, and it has been my good fortune to enjoy the 

 friendship, and to profit by the correspondence, of nearly all these 

 more recent Geologists of the Acadian provinces. I may here mention 

 specially, as among those who have aided me in the preparation of 

 this edition, — L. W. Bailey, M.A., the worthy successor of Professor 

 Robb in the chair of Natural History in the university of New Bruns- 

 wick ; Rev. Dr Honeyman, F.G.S., Provincial Geologist, Nova 

 Scotia; II. How, D.C.L., Professor of Chemistry in King's College, 

 Windsor ; G. F. Matthew, Esq., of St John's, New Brunswick ; Pro- 

 fessor C. F. Hartt, M.A., formerly of St John's, now of the Vassar 

 College, New York ; Henry Poole, Esq., of Glace Bay, Cape Breton ; 

 W. Barnes, Esq., Mining Engineer, Halifax ; and J. Campbell, Esq., 

 of Halifax. The names of other contributors will be found men- 

 tioned in the Explanation of the Map, and in various places in the 

 body of the Work. 



It will also be observed in the list of publications in Chapter I., 

 that, in addition to the previous labours of Lyell and Logan, several 

 Geologists from abroad have, in recent years, aided in the work of 

 geological exploration in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. Among 

 these are Hind, Lesley, Silliman, Hitchcock, and Marsh. Acadian 

 Geology is also indebted to Hall, Davidson, Billings, Hartt, and 

 Scudder, for labours of great value in the department of Palaeontology, 

 some of them kindly undertaken at the request of the author. 



I have endeavoured to acquaint myself with the labours of all these 

 cultivators of Acadian Geology, and to refer to them in every case 

 where I have availed myself of the results of their researches. If in 

 any respect I have failed duly to appreciate their investigations, or 

 have misunderstood their conclusions, I shall be glad to make amends 

 in any way in my power. 



While the progress made in the Geology of Acadia since the publi- 

 cation of the First Edition of this Work is most satisfactory, it also 



