EARLY DEVOXIC HISTORY OF XEW YORK AND EASTERN NORTH AMERICA 



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arm above Peninsula he will find them sloping south, the two slopes meet- 

 incr in a trough at the bottom of the bay. If he follow the shore south- 

 ward from the inner docks among the Robin fishing stores and on toward 

 Gaspe South or along the road on the other side of York he will 

 note that the rocks dip in just the reverse direction to that at the Dart- 

 mouth, pitching downward to the south. The crest of the great fold of the 

 strata passes right through Gaspe mountain not far away from Baker's 

 hotel. As the hills rise behind this delightful little village "where," says 

 the Abbe Ferland, "live the aristocrats of Gaspe," the bending of the strata 

 brings the limestones which lie buried beneath the sandstones to the sur- 

 face at the highest summits. One may follow the old portage trail from 

 the clearing back of Baker's up through 

 the woods over the first mountain but 

 onl)- the sandstones will appear. If he 

 will take a more strenuous walk and 

 climb the second mountain, separated 

 from the first by the portage road run- 

 ning from L'Anse au Cousins to Gaspe 

 South, he will find at the tops the lime- 

 stones broken through the strata which 



Up nvpr them The hills of Gasne Contact of Grande Greve limestone and Gaspe sandstone; 



^ nearer view showing the cross-bedding of the sandstone 



Basin and the higher summits of the '''^'"' 



interior together constitute a great plateau undulated b)' distant folds. 



The scenery of the Basin is a restful contrast to that outside. Had 

 the wasting forces which have worn off the summits of the hills gone 

 farther down about the limestones the)' Avould have left more ragged crests 

 behind them, but the softer sandstones have made only gentle curves. 

 There is only a little room on the shores between water and mountain but 

 from I'Anse au Cousins around to Gaspe South the slopes have been 

 brought under cultivation and the spruce and fir drix'en upward. Not 

 many sights are so inviting as the outlook from the hight of these clearings 

 down the Bay, around through the narrow passage where the great bars of 





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