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In describing this section we begin at its base near the east shore 

 of the Little Cascapedia, for the position of the coral heads indicates 

 that there has been inclination of the strata without overturn and 

 that in accordance with this inclination the base of the section is 

 at the west. 



The lowest part of the rock section is on the front of the Pritchard 

 property. The strata are greenish, highly nodular lime shales, very 

 compact and heavy bedded, weathering out into irregular and 

 gnarled shapes. These alternate with more highly calcareous shales 

 and compact limestones of red and ochreous tints. These compact 

 limestones contain Stricklandinias of great size (S. gaspensis 

 Billings) and in great number. Often this brachiopod is as large as 

 one's fist but it is usually crushed, except at the beaks. The original 

 of Billings's species came from Siluric rocks at L'Anse a la Vieille 

 which is a shore bay fifty miles eastward of this point. With these 

 Stricklandinias are Spirifers of the S. niagarensis type 

 and occasional Whitfieldellas. The rest of the fauna throughout 

 the beds is largely stromatoporoids and corals. These are in enor- 

 mous quantity and very considerable variety. The Stromatoporas 

 vary from the size of a penny to immense masses. There are 

 Halysites of several species, Favosites and Alveolites of great size, 

 two to three feet in diameter, Heliolites of compact and branching 

 forms, Zaphrentis and other cyathophylloids of large size, Syrin- 

 gopora and Eridophyllum in extensive colonies and various species. 

 These corals are commanding for their size and abundance and are 

 in admirable preservation. The fauna is essentially a coral planta- 

 tion, lacking the features, however, of true reef construction. Addi- 

 tional species observed, are Calynimene, Chonetes, A try pa 

 reticularis, Tentaculites, Diaphorostoma etc. 



From here the section continues on eastward to the Howatson 

 property. Beginning with the cliff exposure at Howatson's the 

 section must be studied at low tide on account of the narrow beach.| 

 Here again the heavy calcareous highly nodular beds occur, varying 

 in color from dark green, gray, yellow to red. All are blocky and 

 heavy bedded except for thin intervals of shale between the lime- 

 stones. The small nodules of irregular size weather loose freely 

 and scatter over the beach. While there is great variety of lithologic 

 expression in these beds in this respect they do not differ essentially 

 from the Pritchard section, but their fauna is more profuse though 

 the preservation is inferior. Silicification is extensive and where 

 decay has been effective beneath the soil on top of the clifif, silicified 

 fossils are set free. 



