416 



THE CAKBONIFEKOUS SYSTEM. 



Coal-group 17. 



Coal-group 18., 



Coal 



Black shale, fossils 

 Coal . . . _ 

 , ■{ Black shale — Sigillarla 

 Coal, pyritous 

 Black shale, fossils . 

 Soft shale — Stigmaria 



Sandstone, shale and calcareo-bituminous shale, 

 with Lepidodendra, Cordaites, Sigillarla, and 

 Stigmaria — also shells of Naiadites, Spirorhis, 

 and Cyprids ....... 



(■ Coal " P'helan Seam " . . _ . 



\ Dark gray sandstone — Stigmaria . . . . 



In all, 178 feet. 



ft. in. 



2 



10 



12 



9 



1 



10 



4 



14 

 8 

 4 



The Phelan bed is, on the best evidence, identified with the Bridg- 

 port or Lingan bed on the west, and the M'Aulay bed at Cow Bay- 

 on the east. Assuming this to be correct, the following table gives 

 the continuation of the section, as shown in a MS. report of Mr Mosely 

 of Hahfax, kindly communicated to nie by Mr Joseph B. Moore : — 



Sandstones and shales 

 Coal-group 19 Coal 



Measures not described . 

 Coal-group 20 Coal 



Measures not described 

 Coal-group 21 Coal 



Sandstones, shales, and ironstone 

 Coal-group 22 Coal " M'Phail or M'Kury Seam" 



Sandstone and shale 

 Coal-gi'oup 23 Coal 



Shales and fire-clay 

 Coal-group 24 Coal 



Measures undescribed 

 Coal-group 25 Coal 



* In Mr Lyman's Report, the latter part of this section is given somewhat differ- 

 ently, as follows : — 



M'Rury coal 4 ft. 4 in. to 5 ft. 4 in. 



Measures undescribed 150 



Coal (two feet bed) 1 ft. 9 in. to 2 3 



Measures undescribed, about 100 



Coal (eighteen-inch bed) 1 6 



Measures undescribed, about 100 



CoaZ ("Long Beach Bed") 2 10 



Measures undescribed 2400 



CoaZ ("Tracey Bed") 4 12 



The bed three feet thick about 100 feet below the M'Rury Seam appears to have 

 been discovered after the publication of Lyman's Report; and Mr Poole mentions a 

 bed one foot thick as occurring between the former and the "M'Rury." 



