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MESOZOIC TIME. 



West Rock, near New Haven, and the Hanging Hills, near Meriden, 

 in Connecticut ; the Palisades along the Hudson, in New York ; Ber- 

 gen Hill and other elevations in New Jersey. 



In Nova Scotia, trap ridges skirt the whole red sandstone region, 

 and face directly the Bay of Fundy ; Cape Blomidon, noted for its 

 zeolitic minerals, lies at its northern extremity, on the Bay of Mines. 



In Connecticut, the ridges and dikes are exceeding numerous, show- 

 ing a vast amount of igneous action. The following map (Fig. 733), 



Fig. 733. 



Map of part of the region in central Connecticut, from New Haven, northward. The lines mn, op 

 show the outlines of the Triassic area ; N. H., New Haven ; N., Middletown ; H., Hartford ; 

 M., Meriden, west of which are the " Hanging Hills ; " w., West Rock ; e., East Rock. 



