40 THE MODERN PERIOD. 



codiac, near the extremity of the New Brunswick coast-line of 

 raetamorphic hills. At this place there were several shocks, one 

 of them sufficiently severe to damage a biick building, whereas in 

 the other places only one slight shock was experienced. At Pictou 

 and Halifax, the only shock felt occurred a few minutes before 7 a.m. 

 and it appears to have been simultaneous throughout Nova Scotia 

 and New Brunswick. 



The earthquake of the 17th October 1860, which was felt through- 

 out Canada and the Northern States, was felt also in New Brunswick* 

 but I believe not so severely as in Canada. 



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