Miles and now we \\ ou ^ f reacn of the sea, stretches 



Kilometres. , . _ ' 



forward to the water s edge, and merges almost 

 imperceptibly with the tide-covered flats which 

 run out as far as the eye can see. These 

 mud flats are in many places so thin that the 

 wave-bevelled edges of the layers of slate 

 show through them, testifying to the complete 

 planation of the Micmac shelf by the sea at 

 the time when it was advancing against the 

 cliffs. The indefinite, expressionless beach 

 which lies along the line of modern storm waves, 

 half concealed by salt marsh grass, is insignifi- 

 cant as a record of wave rock, in comparison 

 with the great sea-cliff that marks the twenty- 

 foot stage. These vast mud flats, which 

 follow the south shore all the way to Quebec, 

 are plainly the still submerged outer portion 

 of the Micmac terrace and not the product of 

 wave action at the present level save for the 

 soft muddy sediment which scarcely conceals 

 the rock surface, and the ice-rafted boulders 

 which lie scattered abundantly over the shallow 

 water zone. The upper marine beaches, also, 

 which lie out of sight of the railway, on the 

 upland above the old sea-cliff, are compara- 

 tively indistinct. The highest one stands at 

 294 feet (89-6 m.). Three-quarters of a mile 

 beyond Sacre Coeur, the Micmac sea-cliff at- 

 tains its greatest strength, rising precipitously 

 over a hundred feet above the shelf on which 

 the railway runs. It is important to note that 

 through this whole district the altitude of 

 this terrace is constant, and continues without 

 change all the way to Quebec." (Note supplied 

 by J. W. Goldthwait.) 



Approaching Rimouski, cuttings in dark slates 

 occur along the railway. 



10-5 m. Rimouski Station — Alt. 54 ft. (16-5 m.). 



16-9 km. Beyond Rimouski, the railway swings away 

 from the shore and traverses a low, gently 

 rolling country bounded inland, by a series of 

 parallel ridges. Approaching Ste. Flavie, the 

 country is more broken, the ridges inland are 

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