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Huronian Series in Nova Scotia. 849 
Allusion is made in the Atlas of Maps and Sections of the 
Geological Survey of Canada to the st erat expressed in m 
pce 50.” (Atlas of Maps and Sections, Geological Survey of 
aleozoic strata resting on these gneisses in bot vinces (on 
the Nipisiquit in N. B.), satisfies me that they are of the 
same age. 
2. General Sketch of the Distribution of the Huronian and Lauren- 
tian Series in Nova Scotia. 
In this general sketch of the old gneissic rocks of Nova 
Scotia, phey are grouped together. In succeeding rarseaane it 
ere the Huronian or Cambrian gneiss and schist rest 
on the old Laurentian gneiss as far as known. 
Fundy) to the Atlantic coast at spe Sambro, a distance of 
forty-eight miles in an air line, and si I 
tion hereafter noticed I believe continues with variable breadth 
= of Dr. T. on of Nova Scotia ; 
he govi . Sterry Hunt, F.R.S., on the Gold Region of Nova Scott 
