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northward to Port Maitland, and again between Cape St. Mary 

 and Metegban. All along this coast the strata are thrown into a 

 series of short folds, usually oblique to the coast line, and are 

 broken by numerous faults. To the north of Cape St. Mary Light, 

 the shore is especially high and bold, presenting an almost 

 endless variety of craggy precipices, overhanging bluffs, caves 

 and " stacks," the latter sometimes of grotesque outline. There 

 is seldom any beach, or any safe means of ascent or descent, so 

 that any examination of the section must be made by boat, and 

 even this method is possible only in the calmest weather. The 

 views afforded, however, and the instruction to be gained, are 

 well worth some little risk. 



Among other incidents of marine erosion may be mentioned 

 here the occurrence of some noticeable " spouting horns " near 

 the extremity of Western Head, near Lockeport. 



Besides the examples of folded rocks and of erosion to be 

 found along the coast are those afforded by the rivers and streams 

 of the interior. Of these in Queen's County one of the best is 

 that of the Port Medway; in Yarmouth County, the Tusket ; 

 and in Digby County, the Sissaboo or Weymouth River. The 

 section afforded by the latter is especially interesting for its 

 variety and completeness, and as affording a key to the structure 

 of a large part of this county. So also are the sections afforded 

 by the Grand Joggins, Bear River, Moore River, and Deep Creek, 

 on the south side of Annapolis Basin, as well as by the 

 several smaller creeks emptying into the same sheet of water. 

 In a single railway cutting, near the mouth of Bear River, may 

 be counted not less than fourteen small folds, and as many as 

 six faults. 



At the head of St. Mary's Bay, and adjoining the so-called 

 " Sea Wall," is a fine example of a monoclinal block, the red 

 sandstones, of probable Triassic age, here forming a series of 

 very picturesque vertical bluffs, rising to a maximum of a 

 hundred feet, with a regular but low inclination northward, and 

 affording many curious instances of marine sculpture in com- 

 paratively soft beds. 



