OF THE BASIN OF MINAS. 243 
Minas, as well as a large portion of the Bay of Fundy, 
was occupied with them; but they have since been largely 
removed, except where overlaid by trap deposits, or 
otherwise protected, and only small remnants are now 
left fringing the shores of Nova Scotia and New Bruns- 
wick. Prince Edward Island made its appearance with 
the rise of the land, and it must at first have been of much 
greater extent than at present, perhaps even having been 
united to Nova Scotia. 
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@, Silurian strata. b, Carboniferous sandstone and shales, €, C, C, ¢, ©, Triassic 
red sandstone. d, Trap overlaying red sandstone. 
The reptiles and birds of the New-Red Sandstone pe- 
riod have passed away, and the earth is peopled by a new 
creation. In that period the world had reached that 
Stage in its development when it was fitted for the rule of 
4 the brute force of giant reptiles. To-day mind rules. 
God’s other creations signed their mark on the pages of 
Po aien history. 
OTE.— The above di: an ideal vertical sec selen rar the pipt from 
ek Seah to pone gh the rants: position of the beds o. of 
Diett 
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„€, which, ress iets Frege oc Y ‘0 verlying 
Ses ore tray k re worn away into low hills, or 
i mise ae at Blomidon es aiae Island, are y é nta t 
of the 
the evel.” This ce oeli a 4 DAINA oa one by Dr. Dawson, in his “Acadian 
ogy, additions by the 4 
