B22 Canadian Record of Science. 
informs me that he finds the strie, generally, running down 
hill towards the coast. 
From all the data before us, therefore, it would appear 
that ice which accumulated on the surface of the province 
moved from the higher grounds down the slopes in the 
nearest direction to the sea. This certainly is not the 
action of other than local glaciers. Some of the coastal 
tracts have, no doubt, been glaciated by icebergs or floating 
ice, however, similarly to the sea and estuarine borders in 
New Brunswick and Quebec, as shown by Sir William 
Dawson." 
New Brunswick. 
The glacial phenomena of New Brunswick have been 
studied, perhaps, in greater aetail than those of any other 
part of Hastern Canada. A number of observers have, 
from time to time, published lists of strie, among whom 
may be mentioned the late Prof. James Robb,’ G. F. 
Matthew,’ Prof. H. Y. Hind,* Dr. R. W. Ells,’ and the writer,® 
The greater number of strie recorded in the publications 
referred to, however, occur on the southern slope of the 
main central water-shed traversing the province from 
north-west to south-east, and were supposed to lend support 
to the theory of a continental, or very large ice-sheet, 
passing over the country south-eastwardly, that being the 
average trend of the strice in that part of New Brunswick. 
My own investigations, continued for more than fifteen 
years, and extending to all parts of the province, have, 
however, led me to a different conclusion. North of the 
1 Notes on the Post-Pliocene Geology of Canada, Canadian 
Naturalist, 1872. 
* Proceedings of the Am. Ass. for Advancement of Science, 1850. 
3 Report of Progress, Geol. Surv. of Can., 1877-78, part EE. 
* Preliminary Report on the Geology of New Brunswick, 1864. 
° See list of Strize, Annual Report, Geol, Surv. of Canada, 1885, 
Vol. I, part GG. 
® Report of Progress, Geol. Surv. of Canada, 1882-84, part GG; 
Annual Report, 1885, Vol. I, part GG; Annual Report, 1886, Vol. 
IL., part M; Canadian Naturalist, Vol. X, Nos. 1 and 4. 
