452 H0NEYMAN ON GEOLOGY OF NEW BRUNSWICK!. 



Mr. John M. Walker positively assures me that he found a sight 

 of gold in a piece of quartz in this region, some years ago. On 

 the shores of Courtenay Bay and Carleton are seen boulders, some- 

 times of immense size, of a very coarse conglomerate. This is 

 largely composed of angular pieces of limestones and diorites, in an 

 arenaceous and calcareous cement. On the road to Sandy Point 

 'these were seen, in situ, succeeding (on the north) the Laurentian 

 Syenitic gneiss, limestone and diorites, from which they have been 

 largely derived. These conglomerates are of Lower Carboniferous 

 age. To the east of these at Drury Cove and Long Island, the 

 St. John slates, with primordial fossils, are said to succeed the 

 Laurentian series. I was not aware of this when I was examin- 

 ing the region. I hope next summer to have an opportunity of 

 looking at these rocks. 



I have thus given the results of a personal examination, and a 

 busy week's work among the Formations of St. John and vicinity. 

 I do not claim to have made any new discovery. All that I pro- 

 fess to have done is to have scanned the work of others, and to 

 have indicated, more precisely than was previously done, the very 

 natural relationship of the formations in two Provinces, which 

 require the construction of a canal to separate them ; the two being 

 more immediately connected than two parts of the same Province, 

 Nova Scotia (Proper) and Cape Breton, which are separated by the 

 Strait of Canso. 



I cannot help contrasting this week with another spent in the 

 same region about fifteen years a^o. Then the formations were 

 regarded as few in number, comparatively recent and uninteresting. 

 Carboniferous, Devonian, Upper Silurian (?) and igneous rocks. 



There are now sufficient number and variety, some of them dating 

 to the remotest antiquity — Carboniferous, Devonian, Lower Silu- 

 rian, Huronian and Laurentian. For the present state of things 

 we are chiefly indebted to the zealous and successful labours of 

 Matthew, Hart and Bayley. For guidance to localities, facilities 

 of travel, and hospitality provided throughout my whole month's 

 exploration, I am very much indebted to my excellent friend, John 

 M. Walker, Esq., of St. John and Halifax. I may be allowed 



