ESKAR EXCAVATION IN NOVA SCOTIA. PREST 45 



Before closing I must note a detailed examination of a 

 road cutting thru an eskar near Pietou town made by Dr. A. H. 

 MacKay, Superintendent of Education for Nova 

 Work of Scotia.* These details were handed to the Cana- 

 Dr. Mackay dian Geological Survey by Hugh Fletcher, 

 and if not destroyed must be available yet. I 

 regret not being able to compare them with my own observa- 

 tions. 



In concluding this description I must thank those whose 

 generosity has made possible the cutting of the first section 

 thru an eskar in Nova Scotia for purely scientific purposes. 



* Dr. MacKay maintains that the Pietou Town eskar is best accounted for on the Cre- 

 vasse Theory — that none of the other theories can account for all the conditions observed. 

 —The Editor. 



