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and that the fauna is essentially the same as that of the 

 Lake Champlain and Upper Hudson river area in eastern 

 New York. ' 



The conglomerates which are displayed so prominenty 

 at Bic and for some distance to the southwest and north- 

 east, are confined to a comparatively narrow belt along 

 the coast. They occur in conspicuous ridges surrounded 

 or alternating with low-lying areas occupied by shales 

 and slates. The prominence thus given to the conglom- 

 erates, their interesting features and their situation on the 

 coast, has naturally directed the attention of geologists 

 to them, but in spite of this, comparatively little detailed 

 information has been recorded. 



Since the fossils found in the conglomerates occur in 

 pebbles, it is evident that the fossiliferous evidence fixes 

 only the lower limit of the possible range of age of the 

 beds; the conglomerate cannot be older than the age 

 of the fauna represented in the pebbles and boulders. 

 Consequently any attempt to more definitely determine 

 the age of the conglomerates must be based on other lines 

 of evidence. 



James Richardson in two early reports [2, pp. 126-7, 

 p. 149; 3, p. 130] assigns the Bic conglomerates to a 

 position stratigraphically beneath the Sillery. In a 

 much later report, L. W. Bailey and W. Mclnnes [1] 

 assign the Bic conglomerates to a horizon in the upper 

 part of the Sillery (Cambrian). It is stated [1, p. 22] 

 that, in general, the conglomerates are displayed along 

 synclinal or anticlinal axes. The general succession of 

 the strata is stated to be as follows arranged in descending 

 order, — 



(a) Fine grained sandstone or quartzite, grading 

 downwards into, 



(b) Conglomerate and sandstone grading downwards 

 into, 



(c) Comparatively coarse conglomerate, resting on, 



(d) Red, green and purple slates. 



This general arrangement, it is stated, obtains at Bic, 

 where besides the main band of conglomerate, other 

 smaller bands occur. 



DETAILED DESCRIPTION. 



In the limited area bordering Bic river and the eastern 

 end cf Bic harbour, represented on the accompanying 



