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the north. Both above and below the bridge dark shaly 

 measures are interbedded with the quartzites and outcrop 

 from beneath them, and it is assumed that these beds mark 

 the summit of the shale division underlying the quartzites. 

 To the south on the southern limb of the anticline, the 

 quartzites and conglomerates dip at high angles to the 

 south or are vertical. Along the southern boundary of 

 the quartzite area, the strata dip southward at angles of 

 from 6o° to 8o°, and disappear beneath an overlying 

 series of dark shales with interbedded sandstones. To 

 the north of the river, the strata on the north limb of the 

 anticline dip at low angles to the north, but just north of 

 the road leading west, the measures are traversed by a 

 synclinal axis and the direction of dip rom this point to 

 the north brow of the hill is to the south. 



The dark slates on the east side of the major fault 

 noted above, are exposed along Bic river as far down as 

 the railway crossing. A small outcrop of these rocks 

 occurs in front of the parish church. The slates every- 

 where dip to the south at high angles. These beds thus 

 appear to form the northern limb of a syncline, though 

 it is possible they form the limb of an overturned anticline. 

 If the shales respectively to the east and west of the major 

 fault belong to the same horizon, the more natural assump- 

 tion, and this is the one adopted, would be that the strata 

 lie in the northern limb of a syncline. 



From the square in front of the parish church, looking 

 northward across the railway and beyond an open field, 

 a low ridge of light coloured rock may be seen separated 

 by a low-lying interval from a much higher ridge to the 

 north. Both ridges strike in an east-west direction and 

 are formed of quartzites and conglomerates. The inter- 

 vening, low ground is underlain by dark slates. 



No exposures occur along the road leading northward 

 from the church to the railway nor do any occur for some 

 distance along the shore road skirting the eastern side of 

 Bic harbour. At the falls on Bic river at the railway 

 bridge, dark shales with thin sandstone beds dip in a 

 southerly direction at an angle of 55 . A ten-foot bed 

 of limestone conglomerate forms the projecting rib of 

 rock which is the immediate cause of the falls. Along the 

 shore road, to the north of the crossing of Bic river, the 

 first exposures are of conglomerate. The conglomerate as 

 seen on a weathered surface, consists of a mass of rounded 



