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Siluric strata together, was earlier than the upturning of the Devonic lime- 

 stones at the north with which the older strata were not involved ; or 

 both conclusions are probable. 



3. While the sandstones constituting the lower part of the " Gaspe 

 sandstone series " and their presence in the higher beds are indicative of 

 barachois or lagoon conditions, the cong"lomerates themselves are clearly 

 open coast deposits formed under such circumstances as prevail today 

 wherever these very rocks are exposed to the play of the sea. 



Bonaventure conglomerate — Gannet cliffs, north side of Bonaventure island (By courtesy of Mr 



L'Esperance, Peroe ) 



4. That the Bonaventure conglomerates of this typical section, either 

 in whole or in part, are of Carbonic age is probable only in a sense that 

 their formation began in late Devonic time and continued without effectual 

 interruption into that of the subsequent era in the same sense perhaps as 

 the upper beds of the Catskill group of New York seem to be of a 

 Post-devonic age. 



These strata constitute the latest of the rock deposits in Gaspe.' 



'In this connection the following is worthy of record. About three miles from 

 Gaspe Basin on the lower side of the York river, submerged beneath the -water at high 

 tide, rounded by wear and overgrown with water plants and bored by marine sponges, I 



