Note 113 — Chapter IX

For details see Journal Geol. Society of London, 1865; and "Acadian Geology," last edition, 1891.

[114] At the South Joggins, in two or three cases, beds of bituminous shale full of Naiadites and Cyprids have by elevation and drying become fit for the growth of trees with stigmaria roots; but this is quite exceptional, no doubt arising from the accidental draining of lakes or lagoons on their elevation above the sea level.