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Kilometres southeast and then south across the axis of 

 the mountains by way of the Matapedia valley. 

 The Silurian and Devonian strata of the Shick- 

 shock mountains occupy the greater r...t of the 

 Gaspe peninsula and in Canada, extend south- 

 westward from the eastern extremity of Gaspe 

 peninsula to beyond the Tern >;ouata river, a 

 distance of about 250 miles (400 km.). In 

 age the measures range from Niagara or younger 

 to late Devonian, and apparently form a con- 

 formable group. The Silurian measures are 

 largely dark grey slates and calcai ous slates, 

 but limestones occur at various horizons, more 

 especially towards the top of the series. The 

 lower Devonian measures are largely slates, 

 calcareous slates, and limestones. The upper 

 Devonian strata are dar 1 - grey shales and sand- 

 stones containing, in pi :es, an abundance of 

 plant remains. The strata in the extreme 

 eastern portion of Gaspe peninsula strike in 

 general, somewhat south of east; towards the 

 centre of the peninsula the general strike is 

 east and west; farther west, in the Matapedia 

 valley the general strike is about south-south- 

 west; while still farther west, the general 

 strike is southwest. Over a considerable por- 

 tion of the peninsula the measures lie in 

 broad open folds, but in many parts and over 

 large districts the strata are closely folded and 

 are traversed by numerous dislocations. 



After leaving Bic, the railway approaches 

 and closely follows the shore where, as near 

 Sacre Coeur, dark slates outcrop with low 

 angles of dip. 



6-3 m. Sacre Coeur Station — Alt. 20 ft. (6 m.). 



io- 1 km. 'The view of the great Micmac cliff and terrace 

 near Sacre Coeur is very instructive. On the 

 left hand side of the track is the steep, straight 

 wave-cut bluff, whose base is approximately 

 20 feet (6 m.) above mean tide. Slate out- 

 cropping along the face of it shows that the 

 waves at this stage cut back with power and 

 persistence for a long period of time. On the 

 other side the gravelly wave swept terrace, 



