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UKMAINS IN TIIK COAL-KOUMATION OK NOVA SCOTIA. 



1. r.V„,vy-n,./,/,„„,„mssivr,, ..MINI It mini. ,1„. f,„„| of (\m\ .Mill.. Point, wl.icli 



risrsl,,!. I,..|i;|,. u\-'Xl f,.,.t,||„. („p |„.inj;rom|...S.Ml nf Imnl l«..ll.l.T..l.iy 



ciiiii.iii^r tlK'simil.sl.)ii(. (h,.,. mMti„iMitl:icli,.,l lo |.liiii) 



2. Shiilo and niiudnliiiii' 



'•\. Sil'ldstiiiii; tfrilV 



4. r..«//. two tliiii Invi'fs mil] slialv iKiiliiiu' 



>>. I'lidi irlni/ tiiiil ijiiiij shdlr 



f). Cnllt ..'...'..'' 



7. /'h7i /•(•/(()/ iiiid ^'my >liiilf 



8. ,S.(m/vA„„., ^MMv mill inv-iiluily liiiniMiUcI, with vix'ct Cnlnwilrs and Stij- 

 viiii-hi :„ .■<,/„, Ills,) MiifjMs Willi v(-,.iiil.|,. ,l,'.|,ri>». Seems to linvo beon 



di'posited liy enrrenis liavini: I lie dii linn of K. and W., or neiirly so . . 



1». Siiiidsl.uir. ^vny urtjilliiriM.iis, ;,'iMdniiliM.„' inio tlie |llveedill;,^ witli sjnall 

 coiuMvtions of in)nstniie. Krecl r„/,„„,7,..v ,uu\ Shi/mnria m nihi, also 

 fnmds of Aliilfjiti i-Ik Imtcliilira 



10. ,S'A.;/(, frray, with a few small coneretinns of iroiislono, the (extnru becoming 



finer downwafd (soft, ami ernmliliiiL,' when e.\|Hised to the weatlier). Many 

 prostrate plants, inelndiii',' Siiji'lhiri" , Si;.i„i,i,i,i, Cihnm'hs SKrl.oi'H and 

 C. Cislii, l,iiud,,jdilnii,,< Anidiiiiiiis, I'ui-diiili'.'t li'ifi-isiyuliii, Ti-ii/iiKDrdrjiil, 

 Siihnioidiiilhnii Srlil,</li,iiini\ I'iiniidiin'ti, Alrlli..i,liri:' JmchllU-n, S}d,iiioi>. 

 trrii. sp., l,:'i.:d..,h'„d,-ni, 7V,-',„.„,sv. AImi shells of \,i I'li'liir.^ (■,( ili'iiiii riif and 

 A', rliiiiiinhi.i, scales and enproliles of tiNlies, and niimeiMiis valves of 

 ('iii'hiniiii I'liliiiliiiii and ' '. Iiiiii'di\i,'ilf.< 



11. Sliiili', bl.U'k anil coaiy. Fossils as in bids almve, but mure nbiindaiit and 



friviiij; a earbonaeeons eharacti'r to the whole 



i NoTi:. — HrrrI Sii;illaria>, i-..»^i//(///;/ di, :phil,iiui rinniinn, slmid mi tlif iir.ct 

 hid, mill jiiiii-lrillr I'ids II, 111, iiii'l '.' iil"'i-i, iiiid i^iiiiir iif llniii r.itiiid liilii 

 lir.l S.] 



12. ('"Ill, support ill!,' erect S.'i/i'll'iii'i. ']')i\s eual is laininiited, and shows 



lUitnerons impii'ssinns of ihe b;uk of llallriieil ,S'/(/(7/i(c/''' 



1;5. Vndiri-hni, ffriiy, soft iibove, bieomiii'.' hiinlrr li^'low. Many ,'<liijiniiriii roots 



with lonir rnnllets 



1 4. Siiiidslii)ii\ f,'ray, with roullets and some luostratc trunks of trees in the 



upper part 



1.'.. .S7--/,, ^'i-ay 



lli. Siimlslonc. L'l'iiy 



17. Sli'ili', ).'iMy. Two ereit trees, staiiiliiii,' on luil below, penetrate this bed 



IH. I 'mil, and coaly shale, fern stipes, Ac 



ll>. Uiidiiiliii/, with Slii/iiiiiiiii roots ami rootlets 



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Ft. inn. 



G G 



1 G 



Tola 



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IJt'low tliis section is a thick seiii's ul' sainlstoncs ;>iul .slmlos, intofvciiing butwcon 

 tlie l)L'ils !il)nve ;iii(l cniil-ifnniii, Nn. XN I., o{' the general section. The sandstones 

 coiitiiin iiimicfoiis ihiTt tiiuiks id" trti's. 



The jTivat sandstone, No. 1 il the Intls iimnediately liolow it apjtear in the face of 



< 'oal Mine I'oint, wlilch lias lieeii |ii(i(liu('il \>y the resistanee of the oiitero|) of this hed 



Mii((ti,N.\.\ir. I I 



