HONEYMAN ON GEOLOGY OF NEW BRUNSWICK. 453 



to add fifteen years extra experience in the examination of cognate 

 formations in Nova Scotia and Cape Breton as also of consider- 

 able service. 



ST. JOHN TO BATHURST. 



Leaving St. John by the St. John and Shediac Railway, we 

 start from the primordial slates, traverse the Huronian and the 

 Laurentian. The last is exposed by a fine series of sections on 

 either side of the road. At a distance of about eighteen miles we 

 pass into the carboniferous formation — the older formations retreat- 

 ing on either side. On our way we pass through Sussex Vale, 

 with its lower carboniferous limestones having saltsprings and 

 manganese deposits, and at length we reach the Gulf of St. Law- 

 rence at Point die Ohene, with its exposure of soft sandstones. 

 We are thus on the base of the great carboniferous triangle of New 

 Brunswick, having cut off its southern angle. From Point du 

 Chene to Miramichi, we pass along the base by sea to a distance of 

 about seventy miles. Reaching Miramichi we sail up the river to 

 Newcastle, where carboniferous sandstones are seen quarried on the 

 river bank. Driving across the county from Chatham to Bathurst, 

 we reach the northern side of the carboniferous triangle, at the 

 same time cutting off the northern angle. 



SOMERSET VALE 



was our head quarters in this part of New Brunswick. This lovely 

 spot is the property of Francis Ferguson, Esq. of St. John. It is 

 situate about three miles north of Bathurst. The property is of 

 great, extent — through it flows the River Tattagouche, which winds 

 beautifully through the vale with its green meadows, fertile fields, 

 venerable homestead and spacious buildings. The retirement and 

 quietness of the vale with its meadows shaded by numerous and 

 graceful elms, its fairy river, abounding in salmon and sea trout, 

 the kindness and hospitality of Mr. and Mrs. Ferguson, with an 

 enthusiastic disciple of Isaac Walton (Mr. Walker) supplying the 

 establishment with salmon and sea trout, together with delightful 

 weather, combined to make the retreat, after a hard day's work 



