Nature . ihc position of the line. These lines .ire nDW attributed byihesximc chemists to a new clement, cryplon. January 19, 1899] NA TURE 28; GEOLOGY OF SOUTH-WESTERNNOVA REPORT, by Dr. L. W. Bailey, dealing with the geology^ of a portion of the Province of Nova Scotia, appears in theannual report of the Geological Survey of Canada (vol. ix., 1896);just issued. Until recently, but little was known of the geologyof this region ; indeed, the only important references thereto arethose contained in the .\cadian Geology of Sir , and these were almost wholly confined to
Nature . ihc position of the line. These lines .ire nDW attributed byihesximc chemists to a new clement, cryplon. January 19, 1899] NA TURE 28; GEOLOGY OF SOUTH-WESTERNNOVA REPORT, by Dr. L. W. Bailey, dealing with the geology^ of a portion of the Province of Nova Scotia, appears in theannual report of the Geological Survey of Canada (vol. ix., 1896);just issued. Until recently, but little was known of the geologyof this region ; indeed, the only important references thereto arethose contained in the .\cadian Geology of Sir , and these were almost wholly confined to the sea-board. The interior, being essentially unfit for settlement anddifficult of access, received little or no attention until, in theyear 1S91, as a consequence of the interest aroused in goldmining, something like a systematic survey was begun. Theresults of this exploration, extending over several years andincluding four counties, with portions of a fifth, are contained inthe volume just ^cier-ploughed trough in Cambrian Rocks, Lockpoit Island, Nova Scot: Of the formations described, that occupying the largest area isgranite, but this, instead of being represented, as in previousdescriptions, as simply forming a belt of uniform width andconstituting the axis of the peninsula, is shown to possess anexceedingly irregular contour, besides being disclosed either byextrusion or denudation in many detached areas. Enwrappingthe granite, but along the lines of contact invaded by the latterin the most complicated way, are the rocks usually styled the Nova Scotia gold series. These are also styled Cambrian,though it is stated that as yet no positive proof that such is theirage has been obtained. The rocks appear to be essentially non-fossiliferous, and by some authors are regarded as being Pre-Cambrian. They consist of three principal members, of whichthe lowest and chief one is composed of heavy beds ofquartzite alternating with slates, the second of argillites whi
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