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slope follows the dip slope closely, beveling it slightly. At the 

 water's edge there is no sea-cliff, but merely a sheet of basalt 

 (where exposed) sloping upward from the shore. Farther southwest 

 along North Mountain there are low sea-cliffs, but the general 

 dip-slope persists to the end of Brier Island. The crest of North 



Fig. 27. — Map of the Scots Bay-Cape Blomidon region 



Mountain is a mile or two southeast of the Bay of Fundy shore. 

 It is a uniformly rolling surface which bevels the tilted basalt 

 flows and forms a remnant of the Summit peneplain. 



Around Scots Bay the top of the uppermost basalt flow is 

 marked by a green amygdaloidal layer in which the amygdules are 

 one-half to three-quarters of an inch long. This amygdaloid 





