BULLETIN OF THE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. 
conglomerate on the south side, broken into islands and coves 
by the long continued denudation, or wear, of many geological 
ages. 
Arriving at Clifton the party rested for a while at the Public 
Hall placed at their disposal by Mr. Burton Flewelling and 
then those who felt able for the task undertook to climb the 
“mountain” at the east end of the village, formerly known as 
Snider’s mountain, now as Buckley’s. From the top of this 
hill there is an extensive view down the Kennebecasis; bays 
and channels of the river alternate with islands and low hills 
and ridges that conduct the eye to the steeples of St. John and 
the waters of the Bay of Fundy. 
To the southwest beyond the river, are seen a succession of 
ridges and valleys of the red sandstone formation which seem 
low and smooth compared with the rugged volcanic hills of 
great antiquity around Clifton. 
To the northwest appears the rounded outline of Blue 
mountain on the further side of the St. John river, which here 
is about five miles away. 
On the Snider mountain lies a boulder of grey granite that 
must have been brought by ice from Hampstead on the St. John 
river: it is scored and weathered — a memento of the Great 
Ice Age when the whole surface of the country was overrun and 
overlain by glacier ice of many hundreds of feet in thickness. 
After luncheon in the Public Hall in Clifton addresses were 
given by the several members who had conducted parties of 
observation in the neighborhood, one of which by Mrs. Lawrence, 
on the l)irds observed, was particularly interesting. The party 
returned by the Hampton, which about this time arrived from 
her trip up river. 
Respectfully submitted , 
John G. McKinnon, 
Secretary to Council. 
