between them. In addition we have at the base of the Middle Cambrian a conglomerate zone. Then for the Manuel section is very thin and much is missing above the Stylophite limestone which condition can only mean the erosion of some in the own deposition of those beds seen in the Smith Sound sec- tion. These facts are of great value not only in distinguishing the Lower from the Middle Cambrian but strengthens as well any classification that the Lower Cambrian re- presents one system, the Kenzie, and the Middle Cambrian another, the Cadiac. None in Newfoundland are do not as yet show the transition from the Middle Cambrian to the Upper Cambrian. Belle Isle is separated from St Johns peninsula by at least two miles of strata.