The granite of Stanstead is of a greyish hue, uni form texture, and can be extracted from the quarry in large blocks. A beautiful variety also occurs at Barford. 1 It is also extensively developed in various parts of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. 2 India. Granite occurs amongst the higher altitudes of the Nepal Himalayas. 3 It is also widely distri buted over portions of India, accompanying gneissose and other metamorphic rocks, as at Trichinopoly, Nerbudda, and the sub-IIimalayan district between the Ganges and the Ravee. It is often used (in company with gneiss) as the stone for the basement story of Hindoo temples. In the Shillong district, it has a composition, according to Mr. Medlicot, much resembling that of many places in Europe, the favourite quaternary assemblage of pink ortho- clase, often in large crystals, pale greenish felspar (probably oligoclase), hyaline quartz, and dark green mica. 4 1 Logan, Geology of Canada. 2 Dawson, Acadian Geology, Geol. Map. 3 Hooker, Himalayan Journal, vol. i. ch. n. * ‘ Geology of the Shillong Plateau,’ Mem. Geol. Survey, India.
