12 HONEY]MAN— ON NOVA SCOTIAN GEOLOGY. 



another band (metamorpliic) wKich I then supposed to be a part of 

 the same but altered. I am now, however, disposed to separate 

 them. I will return to this point again. 



In the summer of 1864, I was engaged by the Government to 

 make a preliminary Geological survey. I then ascertained the 

 extent and distribution of the Silurian fossiliferous strata at Loch- 

 aber and the strata which appear to be succeeding these, which I am 

 disposed to consider as Middle Silurian. I also extended the Lingula 

 bed or the equivalent of the Doctor's Brook shales at Barney's River, 

 extending it to the Middle branch. I also found the Lochaber 

 Petraia rocks underlying the shales containing this bed and forming 

 the side of the mountain range which extends to the east and west 

 of the outcrop discovered, onward as I believe on the one side and 

 the other to Marshy Hope and French Hiver, main branch. Here 

 the fossils appear to be as various and numerous as on the Arisaig 

 shore. At the western entrance to the Marshy Hope with conglom- 

 erate in enormous mass intervenins: between it and the extension of 

 the Lochaber equivalent just referred to, I found an outcrop of 

 similar strata, which appear to be a continuation of those already 

 referred to as occurring in Marshy Hope near the County line. I 

 also directed attention to the east branch of East River, Pictou, and 

 determined the Geological position of the bed of Iron ore there. 



In 1866 I communicated to the Institute a paper on the Geology 

 of Antigonish, which contains an account of what I had done in 

 that County up to the time when it was written, and the opinions 

 entertained in connection with the facts ascertained, vide paper in 

 vol. I, part 4. I also made an examination of the Geology of the 

 Londonderry Mines, and of the Gay's River Gold Field, vide 

 Transactions of Institute, vol. I, part 1. In the Spring of 1868, 

 I was engaged by Sir W. Logan in connection with the Canadian 

 survey. The work prescribed to me was the collection of a suite 

 of specimens from the Arisaig rocks, and the tracing of these rocks 

 omvard to the Cobequid Mountains. 



In the performance of this work I was fortunate to make some 

 interesting discoveries, one of which has excited some attention 

 and discussion. 



First of all I found in the section of Doctor's Brook shale in the 



