290 GEOLOGY OF A PORTION OF SHELBURNE CO., 



PHYSIOGRAPHY AND GLACIAL GEOLOGY. 



Southwestern Nova Scotia is a low, rolling country in- 

 dented by an embayed shoreline. Numerous lakes, often of 

 large size, and more numerous peat bogs representing former 

 lakes cover the low-lying areas. Where these are absent, 

 boulders characteristically cover the land, representing the 

 ground moraine. Such a topography determines the occu- 

 pation of the inhabitants of the country, preventing agri- 

 culture and promoting fishing and boat-building. The low 

 hills are covered by a dense, but low, forest of spruces and 

 balsams which effectually conceal the view. Frequent forest 

 fires, due to the carelessness and wilfulness of the inhabitants? 



