Xvi CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER VIII. 



The Trias — Continued. 

 Prince Edward Island — Fossil Plants — Reptilian Remains — Useful Page 

 Minerals and Soil, 1^*' 



CHAPTER IX. 



The Permian Blank, . . . .125 



CHAPTER X. 



The Carbonifeeous Period. 



General Pvemarks— Synoptical Table— Geographical Arrangement— Com- 

 parison with the United States and Europe, 128 



CHAPTER XI. 



The Carboniferous Period — Continued. 

 District of Cumberland — Section at the South Joggins, .... 150 



CHAPTER XII. 



The Carboniferous Period — Continued. 

 Explanation of Joggins Section — Animal Remains of the Coal Measures, 179 



CHAPTER XIII. 



The Carboniferous Period — Continued. 



Inland extension of the Coal Measures of the Joggins — Shores of North- 

 umberland Strait — Useful Minerals of Cumberland, . . . .213 



CHAPTER XIV. 



The Carboniferous Period — Continued. 



District of New Brunswick — General Observations — Structure of the 

 Coal-field — Lower Carboniferous Rocks — Fossils — Useful Minerals, . 224 



CHAPTER XV. 



The Carboniferous Period — Continued. 

 District of Colchester, Hants, etc. — Useful Minerals, .... 251 



CHAPTER XVI. 



The Carboniferous Period — Continued. 

 Subdivisions of the Carboniferous Limestone —Marine Fossils, . . 278 



