220 The American Geologist. October. i89y 
"Perry Sandstones, with Upper Devonian flora according to 
Sir J. W. Dawson, but lithologically resembling the Lower 
CarlKMiiferous sandstone. 
'Mispec conglomerate and slate. 
"Cordaite shales and flags, Middle Devonian flora. Insect 
remains (in oldest beds of the Cordaite shales). 
"Dadoxylon sandstone (with an older Devonian flora, G. 
F. M.). 
"Bloomsbiiry conglomerate, etc."* 
On behalf of the Canadian survey, in 1870, professor Bailey 
and Dr. Matthew traced beds corresponding to the plant-bear- 
ing beds near St. John as far to the westward as Lepreau har- 
bour in Charlotte county, where many fossil plants like those 
at the Fern Ledges were collected. Ten years later the dis- 
triluition of the Devonian rocks in the southern part of the 
province, as far as then known, was thus summarized by 
Messrs. Bailey, Matthew and Ells. 
"The areas of Devonian occurring in southern New Brunswick may 
be stated as follows: 
"I. A large basin, or double synclinal, east of St. John harbour, oc- 
cupying the valley of the Mispec, with a southern area extending north- 
easterly across the Black river, near the forks of the East Branch. 
"2. Isolated outcrops on Coal creek and on Canaan river and North 
fork, presumably of this age, but lacking evidence of fossils. 
"3. Small areas about St. John and Carlton, with possibly Partridge 
island. 
"4. A small area about the eastern extremity of Spruce lake, on the 
St. Andrews railroad. 
"5. A belt stretching west from Musquash harbour to Lepreau har- 
bour, in which is contained the so-called anthracite mine of Belas 
basin, with a small detached area along the shore from By Chance har- 
bour to Dipper harbour. 
"A large area in the northern part of Charlotte county, embracing 
the former pale argillyte series and extending into Queens county. "f 
Prior to 1894 the Devonian age of these rocks had never 
been called in question. Bttt, in a foot-note to page 79 of Sir 
William Dawson's "Synopsis of the Air-Breathing Animals of 
the Palceozoic Period in Canada up to 1894," published in the 
*Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada, vol. VI, sect. 4, p. 61. 
tGeological Survey of Canada, Report of Progress for 1878-79, page 
iiD. 
