EARLY DEVOXIC HISTORY OF NEW YORK AND EASTERN NORTH AMERICA 



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of the appalachian folds from southwest-northeast to north, then to east, 

 and finally to southeast, forming- the northern sigmoid horn of this 

 mountain complex. The cliffs of Cape Gaspe are the land end of one of 

 these folds, Point St l-'eter of another and Perce of still another. 



The appalachian folds are not altogether above the sea level. Let the 

 eye follow, on our hydrographic chart, the line of 30 fathoms. The cliffs of 

 the Little Gaspe peninsula or Forillon rise 700 feet above the waters and 

 on the northern side fall sheer to the St Lawrence. Yet at the foot of this 



Grande Greve — Looking south from the King's road to the cliffs of Gaspe sandstone on the further shore of Gaspe bay; 



Perce mountain in the distance 



inaccessible escarpment the sea bottom falls away very gradually and it is 

 full 5 miles from the present coast line before the water reaches a depth of 

 180 feet. On the south, along the shore line of Gaspe bay from Lidian 

 Cove and Grande Greve to the Cape, the fall is abjectly downward from 6 

 and 16 fathoms to 38, 40 and 52 fathoms. Here the phenomena are the 

 counterpart of those on the other shore. The rock strata are regularly 

 inclined toward the waters of the bay and the waves strike only along the 

 smooth dipping surfaces of the layers. 



