HONEYIMAN— ON NOVA SCOTIAN GEOLOGY. 9 



I found in Lime Brook a cast of Petraia such as at Lochaber, not 

 in situ, shewing the existence of lower Lochaber strata in this 

 locality. At the same time I found in the shales and limestones 

 of lower carboniferous age below Grant's Factory, East Branch 

 East River, teeth of Cochliodus and Bellerophon decussatus, 

 according to Salter. This was the first discovery of Bellerophon, 

 in the lower carboniferous limestones of Nova Scotia. 



While making the observations that I have recorded, I discov- 

 ered teeth of Diplodus acinaces, Dawson, at least cotemporaneous 

 with the discovery by Mr. Poole at the coal mine near New 

 Glasgow, at the side of the road to Antigonishe. I described them 

 in the first vol. of the Journal of Education as reptilian. I 

 found a large tooth of Rhizodus at the Joggins, and discovered and 

 measured the carboniferous section on the shore north of Mabou 

 Harbor. 



I may mention still farther that I found Lochaber Petraia in 



boulders in the bed of French River, below the Presbyterian Church, 



ehewino; the existence of Lochaber Petraia strata in this reg-ion, and 



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also Petraia and Lingvla in situ in strata on the main road in the 



Marshy Hope on the Pictou and Antigonishe county line, and at 



MacDougall's to the east of it, i. e. nearly clue south of Arisaig. 



About the same time I discovered part of the singular Lingala bed 



near Barney's River. 



These observations recorded are the more prominent results of 



amateur work, through which was accumulated the greater part 



of these collections which interested Murchison, Philips, Bigsby, 



Salter, Barrande, DeYerneuil, <&c., and received Prize Medals in 



the Exhibitions of London, 1862, Dublin, 1865, and Paris, 1867. 



In August, 1861, I was engaged by the Nova Scotia Commission 



for the London Exhibition of 1862, to make a representation of the 



Geology and mineral resources of Nova Scotia. In prosecuting 



this work I visited Cape Breton and added to the Geological Map 



the Gypsums of West Bay in the vicinity of the Rev. Murdoch 



Stewart's, a beautiful carboniferous section with abundance of 



regularly formed clay ironstone septaria, which attracted some 



attention at the London Exhibition. This is situated in a brook a 



few miles toward St. Peter's Canal. I sailed over the Bay and 



