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PART II. 



Waverley Gold Mines. 

 Coming to Dartmouth we proceeded on the road to Waverley. 

 A short distance from the road to Preston drift was observed 

 having a few Archaean Syenites without Triassic amygdaloids. In 

 my former paper I noticed the occurrence of the latter on the 

 Preston road. No more drift was seen until we reached the 

 Waverley Mines. In an exposure of drift at the back of the sta- 

 bles I had collected Triassic amygdaloids on a former examina- 

 tion. Here they were collected a second time — two specimens. 

 We proceeded farther and reached what is called the Old Guys- 

 boro' Road. This road runs easterly and crosses the direction of 

 transportation. I consequently expected interesting revelations 

 in this route. Drift was first observed near Rutherford's Mill, 

 about four miles along the road. In it were syenite boulders. 

 At Sullivan's (see Map of Halifax County) glaciation was seen 

 and examined. The rock is argillite ; the course of the striation 

 is N. S. mag. (N. 18 W., S. 18 E. true). At GofFs archsean boul-/ 

 ders, syenite and diorites are numerous. The sinking of a well 

 showed considerable thickness of red clay. A beautiful specimen 

 of Triassic amygdaloid with amygdals of radiating stilbite was 

 found about a mile beyond this, which was evidently a rare one 

 thus far east. Cuttings and other exposures of drift continued 

 as far as Meagher's Grant. In these I found syenitic and dioritic 

 ooulders, with other amygdaloids (dioritic, with calcite amygdals) 

 similar to those found in Observatory Hill. In Meagher's Grant, 

 on the road to Musquodoboit Harbour, at an outcrop of lower 

 carboniferous limestone, I observed drift with boulders of syenite 

 and diorite. We then lost sight of the drift, our course being 

 over solid granite. About a mile before we reached the harbour, 

 we left the granite and entered upon argillites. These are largely 

 obscured by the granite transportation, which has evidently 

 taken the place of the syenite, which seems to have been inter- 

 cepted by the granite belt over which we have passed. At the 

 Harbour, on its west side, I found a few small boulders of syenite 

 and diorite. It required close observation to find these among 



