Field Notebook: Newfoundland, Nova Scotia 1910
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station all the way to Johnson Cove (which is just inside the western horn of Anse au Loup Bay) are exposed the reef limestone and out at the sea end a little of the sandstone. These limestones preserve nothing higher than what we saw this morning, and the reef character is almost total. The corals are more scattered here and do not congregate into reefs. The red limestones are practically gone and all the beds are grey modular li., or blue-grey diverse hard somewhat impure (either sandy or muddy) li. Other than the coral fruits are scarce. We saw orbitas at three levels and they may occur at any horizon from above 20- feet of the base of the li. At the base of reef li. They are somewhat chalky, and more impure than higher. The sandstones just below are decidedly chalky all the way from Point Armone to Johnson Cove. Again we saw them or found down in Red Cliff. The sandstone series just above the granites is in Anse au Loup Bay again a strange inherent conglomerate. It's the loose nature that causes it to wear out easily making good contacts impossible. Here again as in all the bays seen, the granite appears to be put to the head of the bay and it terminates in a broad valley in which there may be more than one horn or arm. The hills here are about as high as at Fontaine. The east horn of Anse au Loup Bay is made up entirely of red sandstones and is called Red Cliff. Photographed.