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Wednesday June 29-1910. Arondale, Hora Sertis.
While waiting for a train at New Glasgow walked
East of the town about 1/2 mile and in small stream we
saw an outcrop of grey bidded coarse sandstone, above
it dull shale. In the stream bed there is much black
shale with an abundance of Spirorhis, Ostracoda and
fish scales. There is also much evidence of plant re-
main but little that is recognisable. Scoura by Stigmaria
are small fern leaves and the leaf of Cordaites? Have
taken some of these fossils.
Did not see a trace of a strictly marine animal. The
evidence is all in favor for continental deposits.
Left New Glasgow at 12.40 and met Williams at
Onegmick and together we then proceeded to Arondale
to see the Siluria.
At 2 P.M. we started East along the International Railway
but seeing nothing more than drift shatter of are descended into
the valley Barnes River and on the opposite side above of
Fletchers Cliff (=150°) localities are saw a good exposure
of the lower part of the Arisaig series. We found one Amphiothena
Demispherica and fragment of which appeared to be either Stroph.
Odonta or Orthothela. The horizon evidently is the Arisaig
formation and apparently in the lower part of the upper Green
Slate.
Farther off on stream Towhful saw other outcrops of the
Arisaig but he saw no fossils.