. The geology of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island, or, Acadian geology [microform]. Geology; Geology, Stratigraphic; Paleontology; Geology, Economic; Géologie; Géologie stratigraphique; Paléontologie; Géologie économique. .'»] CARBONIFEROUS DISTRICT OP OOLCHESTEH AND HANTS. 265 footprints, probably of a small reptilian animal. More recently other footprints; f>f larger size, and referable to the genus Sauropus, were found in these beds by J. M. Jones, Esq., , of Halifax. These indications of vertebrates of the lanr ''1 be noticed in a subsequent chapter. Eastward o
. The geology of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island, or, Acadian geology [microform]. Geology; Geology, Stratigraphic; Paleontology; Geology, Economic; Géologie; Géologie stratigraphique; Paléontologie; Géologie économique. .'»] CARBONIFEROUS DISTRICT OP OOLCHESTEH AND HANTS. 265 footprints, probably of a small reptilian animal. More recently other footprints; f>f larger size, and referable to the genus Sauropus, were found in these beds by J. M. Jones, Esq., , of Halifax. These indications of vertebrates of the lanr ''1 be noticed in a subsequent chapter. Eastward of Partridge Island, in Clarke's Head, we find the Lower Carboniferous limestones somewhat altered, with beds of common gypsum, and a beautiful purple variety of anhydrite. At Moose River and Harrington River, the black shales and gray sand- stones again appear. In Economy, we have these and the Lower Carboniferous limestone with its characteristic fossils, and on the banks of the Portapique and Great Village Rivers, the whon .^erics is well exposed, with appearances similar to those observed lu the Folly. Eastward of the latter river, the Coal formation band wiaens rapidly. On the Chiganois and North Rivers, it contains bituminous limestones, with Ci/pn'ds and fish-scales; thick beds of shale, with clay-ironstone; several small coals, the largest, I believe, about eighteen inches in thickness; and in the beds associated with these coals are fossil plants of several of the species described in connexion with the Joggins section. On the North River also we find the lower limestone under- lying the Coal measures at the base of the mountains, and re-appearing, in greatly increased thickness and associated with beds of gypsum, on the south side of the trough. Still farther eastward, on the Salmon River, there is a bed of good coal nearly two feet in thickness, and associated with shales, containing fine specimens of Ulodendron^ Ferns, and other Coal formation fossils. Applying
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