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sedimentary formation overlying the trap of the North Mountain 

 which was hurriedly observed by him in 1876. He states that 

 no fossil-* had been found in these rocks, but concludes from the 

 superposition of this formation on the trap that it is of more 

 recent date. He does not hint at its probable age further than 

 the above, but remarks that Prof. Bailey has reported rocks of 

 somewhat similar nature in association with the trap of Bigbv 

 Neck. Having been unable to find the statement in any of 

 Prof. Bailey's writings accessible to me I made inquiry of him 

 a.nd found that he did not know of such a formation, or of 

 having made the statement ascribed to him. This being the state 

 of knowledge in regard to these rocks I hoped to find some- 

 thing that would throw light upon their age and possibly reveal 

 a part of the geological history of this region during that long 

 period so blank in records in Eastern Canada and New England, 

 from early Mesozoic to the Glacial period. 



In pursuit of this purpose I examined the shore south-west 

 from Scot's Bay and was pleased to find for about four miles 

 occasional good exposures in the coves of the formation men- 

 tioned by Dr. Ells, until Ira Woodvvorth Bay was reached. This 

 is the exposure mentioned by him and was the most westerly 

 outcrop seen. Beyond this according to local authority none of 

 the rocks mentioned -are found. Considerable value can be 

 ascribed to the local accounts in this case owing to the search 

 for amethysts which occur in cavities of masses of red jasper in 

 some of the layers of limestone, and are collected by the inhabi- 

 tants to supply the tourist trade. Only a hurried survey was 

 made on thin occasion and but one fossil was found, which, tho' 

 poorly preserved, was plainly the coiled shell of a gastropod. 

 The general appearance of the strata, however, led me to hope 

 that better results would repay a careful and systematic 

 search. 



On November Gth, I left Wolville for a further study of this 

 interesting formation. The results of my observations on this 

 trip I will endeavor to put before you. 



PROC. & TRANS. N. S. INST. Scr., VOL. X. TRANS.-S. 



