204 NOVA SCOTIAN GEOLOGY. — HONEYMAN. 



this and Homalonotus dawsoni it differs in being distinctly 

 trilobate; the others have their furrows deep and continuous 

 from side to side ; this has the side furrows coming opposite to 

 the ridges of the axis. It is much stouter than the others. The 

 specimens are more or less distorted by metamorphism, the con- 

 taining strata being highly metamorphic. 



The first appearance of homalonotus in the typical Arisaig 

 series is in B', where it is associated with casts of pentamerus 

 oblongus. 



This leads me to refer the strata in question to B'. The asso- 

 ciation of the large lingulce seems to indicate the same horizon, 

 as they are found in the same position at Arisaig. These are 

 the only lingulae found as far as I know at East River. Discina is 

 larger than discina of D Springville ; it more resembles the 

 discina of B', French River. The form referred to incertce sedis 

 resembles the valves of a pholas open. It is finely striated across. 



These considerations led me to consider the mountain strata 

 as the upper part of B' of the series. 



On the McLellan's mountain road, at the back of McGillivray's 

 is a deserted farm, succeeding: an obscure forest area. Here I 

 observed strata which resemble fossiliferous A strata highly 

 metamorphic. I did not succeed in finding fossils in them. I 

 found a petraia forresteri in the bed of Holmes' Brook which 

 might have come from a part of these strata, as this brook passes 

 not far from the said old farm. The strata of this farm extended 

 in the line of strike, cross the section line near the position of 

 Iron Ore No. 1. 



This Iron ore is now an old acquaintance. It is 25 years, 

 less six weeks, since I was first introduced to it by the late Rev. 

 A. McGillivray. Then it was scattered all around his mountain 

 farm. Every cairn of stones had its large masses and small 

 pieces of beautifully crystallized brown Hematite. This led Mr. 

 McGillivray naturally enough to suppose that the vein of ore was 

 situate within the bounds of his farm, and that its discovery 

 would add to the value of his property, especially as the General 

 Mining Association was supposed to have no reservation except 

 for Gold, Silver, and Lapis Lazuli. Every year, about the same 



