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Pollet river they are overlaid by the New Red Sandstone, 

 and conglomerate. These rocks also meet and conceal the 

 bituminous strata along the whole length of their northern 

 side. 



The whole length of this coal-field is upwards of seventy 

 miles ; its average breadth, estimating the area on each side 

 of the Petticodiac, is about seventeen miles. The outcrop- 

 ping of the coal has been discovered at a number of places 

 within its borders, and the examinations which have been 

 made, and the facts disclosed by them, will prove of great 

 importance to the province. The remaining part of the 

 country examined in this report, is composed of New Red 

 Sandstone and conglomerate, containing numerous deposits 

 of gypsum, limestone, and rock salt, with mineral springs. 



Of the vegetable fossils of this coal-field, our author 

 gives the following summary. Four species of Syrengoden- 

 dron were procured at different situations along the coast, 

 and were of considerable size. Cactce are rare, and the 

 greater quantity are comprised amongst the Calamites and 

 Sigillaria^ with one species of the Phytolithus (Steinhauer). 

 With these remarks we will dismiss the notice of the second 

 report, leading the concluding portion of our review and our 

 general opinions until a future number. 



