THE 



CANADIAN 



NATURALIST AND GEOLOGIST. 



Vol. VIII. AUGUST, 1863. No. 4. 



Art. XIX. — Observations on the Geology of St. John County, 

 New Brunswick. By G. F. Matthew, Esq. 



As some interest in the geology of this vicinity has been excited 

 by the articles of Professor Dawson on the Upper Devonian Flora 

 of eastern America, in the 'Canadian Naturalist' and 'Journal of 

 the Geological Society,' a few remarks on the lithology, strati- 

 graphy, and distribution of the older deposits of this neighbour- 

 hood may not be unacceptable. 



In presenting them, however, I would claim a considerate cri- 

 ticism of the errors of one who is only an amateur of the science. 

 I have confined my observations to a limited district, because it 

 seemed to me that more permanent additions would thus be made 

 to our knowledge of the geology of this part of the province than 

 would be obtained by rambling over a larger field. 



If I have given more prominence to details than may seem ne- 

 cessary, it is because I anticipate that the structure of the district 

 which I propose to describe will explain that of the broken and 

 hilly region east and northeast of St. John ; and in a minor 

 degree that to the westward. 



The Devonian age of certain deposits in Gaspe, Nova Scotia, 

 and Maine, had been recognized before the existence of strata of 

 this age in New Brunswick was ascertained. 



In various parts of the Bay of Fundy, red sandstones had been 

 observed. Some were referred to the carboniferous period while 

 others were found to be of still later origin. The deposits to 

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