122 NOVA SCOTIAN GEOLOGY — HONEYMAN. 



old trenches, which are two in number, running parallel on two 

 beds of ore, twenty feet apart. 



These have the same course as the trench of the New Mines 

 and are one or other doubtless a continuation of the Iron bearing 

 strata of the latter. Fossils were collected, of forms similar to 

 those of the Asaphus ? ditmarsice strata, and others not found 

 there. Returning we kept on the Hessian Line road until we 

 reached the Moose river road, by which Dr. Gilpin and I came to 

 the New Mine. I had thus an opportunity of examining the 

 other outcrop already referred to, also of re-examining the New 

 Mine and of adding to my collection of fossils. I thus found the 

 Moose river road presenting a good cross section of the greater 

 part of the rocks of the area under examination. 



Friday, l^Sth, Morning. — Engaged in locating on Church's map 

 the positions of the several outcrops examined, and in studying 

 their relations. 



Forenoon. — We went to Bear River Village, travelling the 

 Digby Road at a distance of two and half miles ; Strata, deep red 

 and soft of considerable thickness, were observed and examined 

 in " Deep Brook." Half a mile farther, on the left, we came to 

 the Bear River Road, at the Temperance Hall and School House. 

 Proceeding along this road we found an interesting outcrop of 

 rock ; just before reaching the summit of the mountain (Purdy's) 

 other outcrops were observed, especially after reaching the road 

 which follows the course of Bear River on the east. Out- 

 crops were observed occurring very frequently between the cross 

 roads and the village. Still keeping on the east side of Bear 

 River, a short distance above the bridge, I found and examined an 

 interesting outcrop of rocks, on the river side. The rocks are 

 black slate with limestones, much metamorphosed and very hard. 

 This is particularly the case with the limestones, which are 

 fossiliferous. I could only get fossils out of them, where they 

 were weathered, I collected some at the southern side of the out- 

 crop, consequently in the lower strata. On the Digby county 

 side of the river, the same strata are seen outcropping in a ship- 

 yard where a large ship was being built. Farther up the river 

 we crossed at the bridge at Rice's mill ; here we found a splendid 



