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eSS^SJb lan d bordering the St. Lawrence. To the 

 southward the country rises gradually inland 

 in a broken, rolling fashion. 



27 m. Trois Pistoles Station — Alt. 112 ft. (34- im.). 



43 -5 km. On the shore at Trois Pistoles, in a measured 

 section of 700 feet (213 m.) of strata, 150 feet 

 (47-7 m.) consist of grey calcareous sandstone 

 and conglomerate. The conglomerate occurs in 

 nine beds 2 to 16 feet (0-3 to 4-9 m.) thick. 

 The rounded masses in the conglomerate are 

 chiefly of limestone weighing from a pound 

 to a ton (1,000 kilos). 



35-6 m. St. Simon Station — Alt. 296 ft. (90-2 m.). 



57-3 km. The railway passes through a succession of com- 

 paratively wide valleys whose bounding ridges 

 gradually increase in height. These ridges are 

 presumably largely formed of resistant quartzose 

 sandstone. The bounding ridges on the north, 

 though parallel with one another, slightly 

 overlap. It is probable that this feature is 

 indirectly due to the faulting of the resistant 

 bands of quartzose sandstone. 



Approaching St. Fabien banded red and green, 

 and dark slates are exposed in rock cuttings. 

 The strata are crumpled and contorted. 



45-5 m. St. Fabien Station — Alt. 445 ft. (135 -6m.). 



73-2 km. From St. Fabien to Bic, high abrupt ridges 

 rise to the northeast of the valley traversed 

 by the railway. Approaching Bic, these ridges 

 as seen from the railway, possess very steep 

 faces on their seaward sides while on the land- 

 ward sides, the slopes are more gentle. The 

 hill forms apparently conform in outline to the 

 general southerly dip of the strata. 



At intervals along the railway, are exposures 

 of slates and quartzose sandstone. 



54-8 m. Bic— Alt. 82 ft. (25 m.). 



88-2 km. 



