The Utica Terrane in Canada. 
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. Unevenly bedded impure bituminous limestone 
band with Asaphus Canadensis, Chapman, 
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4. Soft, friable and brittle shales, with abundance of 
fossil remains—0O. testudinaria, L. sericea, &c.. 
. Light grey band of impure limestone, bituminous, 
and holding Conularia Trentonensis, Leptena 
sericea, Asaphus Canadensis, O. testudinaria, «ce. . 
. Thin, irregular and unevenly bedded soft friable 
shales which disintegrate readily, teeming with 
fossils which appear bleached or wkite on the 
brownish-yellow weathering grey shales hold- 
ing L. sericea and O. testudinaria in abundance. 
7. Black bituminous impure limestone with Leptena 
sericea, Orthis emacerata, Asaphus Canadensis, 
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8 Black bituminous shales holding abundance of 
trilobitic remains, especially those of Asaphus 
Canadensis. Resembles that band which crops 
out along the Rideau River shore near the Rifle 
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. Band of impure, highly bituminous limestone, 
black in colour, with irregular splintery and 
at times conchoidal fracture, holding remains 
of Asaphus Canadensis, Endoceras protetforme, 
Strophomena alternata, Conrad..-..-.+...+.+-- 
10. Black, bituminous and somewhat splintery brittle 
shales. Amongst the species of fossils observed 
there were: Leptograptus flaccidus, Hall, (?) 
Sagenella ambigua, Walcott, Conularia Trenton- 
ensis, Leptena sericea, Schizocrania filosa, Hall, 
Leptobolus insignis, Hall, Endoceras proteiforme, 
var. tenuistriatum, Asaphus Canadensis, Primitia 
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It would thus appear that we have shales and limestones 
interstratified with each other in this portion of the Utica, 
showing the intimate and close relationship to the under- 
lying Trenton. A summary of the above section gives us :— 
SumMMARY OF Skcrion at NEw EDINBURGH. 
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