The Surface Geology of Fredericton. 
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ARTICLE II. 
ABSTRACT OF PAPER ON SURFACE GEOLOGY 
OF FREDERICTON. 
By W. T. L. Reed. 
[ReacZ April 1, 1884.] 
AT the Race Course — a flat at the foot of the hills on the south 
west side of Fredericton, a section made by a small water 
course exposes the following series of beds : 
8 . Sandy loam, 
7. Friable sandy clay, 
( 6 . Rust-spotted clay, somewhat sandy, 
o 1 emains. ^ | 5 greyish brown sand, 
No remains, b 4. Coarse sand,^ 
dark slate- f Fine sandy clay, ^ 
colored beds J Coarse sand, somewhat sticky from 
with veget- ^ ] clay, 
able remains, [l. Fine sandy clay, 
0. Blue clay, thickness unknown. 
1 ft. 10 in. 
1 4 
0 9 
1 0 
0 7 
1 0 
2 0 
0 6 
9 ft. 0 in. 
In the lower part of this section there is no bed composed of 
vegetable matter entirely, but the remnants of trees and plants are 
scattered thickly through the sand and clay in a bed a little over 
three feet in thickness. A few entangled trees held fast in the mud 
may have formed the nucleus into which drifted other trees, grasses, 
seeds, leaves and twigs, becoming a tangled mass which gradually 
sank to the bottom. Among the fragments are found the maple, 
elm, yellow and white birch, spruce, flr, cedar, etc. ; the appearance 
of the wood and size of the leaves indicate a growth similar to the 
present. It is evident that these remains were the drift of the lake, 
for while some show no wear, others are stripped of their bark, and 
fragments of wood, sjflit and rounded, tell us of a journey over the 
^100 feet down the gully this band is 1 fool 6 inches thick. 
