490 Extracts from the Minute-Book of the Linnean Society. 
stye under the direction of the owner, Mr. Poole, who 
was present. I was soon afterwards surprised to see the 
Pig alive, extricated from its confinement. Its figure was 
extremely emaciated, having scarcely any muscles dis- 
cernible, and its bristles were erect, though not stiff, but 
soft, clean, and white. The animal was lively, walked 
- well, and took food eagerly. At the time of the acci- 
dent it was fat, and supposed to have weighed about 160 
pounds, but it now weighed no more than 40 pounds. 
I am assured, that at the time of the fall there was neither 
food nor water in the stye, which is a cave about six feet 
square, dug in the rock, and boarded in the front ; and 
the whole was covered about thirty feet deep in the fallen 
chalk. The door and other wood in front of the stye had 
been much nibbled, and the sides of the cave were very 
smooth, having apparently been constantly licked for 
obtaining the moisture exuding through the rock. There 
was no doubt that some of the loose chalk in front had 
been eaten ; and from the appearance of the excrement, it 
may be conjectured that it had passed more than once 
through. the intestines." 
April20, Mr. Bullock, F. L.S., exhibited a fine specimen of a 
1813. 
- rock. 
fossil Turtle lately found at the depth of nearly one hun- 
dred feet from the surface, in a quarry about half a mile 
from Swanage, in the Isle of Purbeck. Mr. Bullock 
states, in a Letter to the Secretary, which accompanied 
this specimen, that a short time after it was found, an- 
other was discovered near the same place, but it was 
broken to pieces in the attempt to separate it from the 
Nov: 2. 
