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no matter how small is thus recorded, and this account is merely 

 an attempt to read aright such records as have come under the 

 observation of the writer in a few hasty journeys among the 

 newer formations of our Province. 



Brief and limited as these opportunities for observation have 

 been, they have convinced me that the field for Geological 

 investigation, in this region at least, is ample; that it is wonder- 

 fully rich in undiscovered facts ; and that for variety in litho- 

 logical, in palaeoritological and in structural features, it is 

 unequalled by any area of similar extent in eastern North 

 America. That such is the case is shown by the results achieved 

 by Sir J. Win. Dawson during the third quarter of the century 

 and set forth by him so clearly and interestingly in his " Acadian 

 Geology," a work which must ever remain for us a model of 

 close observation, broad and scientific induction, and elegant 

 expression. 



Because of its exceptional richness, however, the field has 

 not yet been exhausted, in the region of Minas Basin and west- 

 ward the soil has merely been broken. The broader relations of 

 the crreac formations to one another have been worked out and 



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their relative age established, hut in knowledge of their litho- 

 logical composition, fossil contents, structural peculiarities, 

 conditions of deposition, relation to present topographic features, 

 etc., we are almost wholly deficient. The field is alluring and 

 full of promise to the Geologist. Let us who are native born 

 reap the rich harvest of facts before we are anticipated by 

 workers from the over-crowded fields of New England. 



