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fragments like thread. A Partridge was found dead within forty yards of the 

 trunk, and had evidently been killed by the explosion. — Star in the East, July 

 14, 1838. 



Ancient Oak. — Few connected with Monmouthshire are unacquainted with the 

 celebrated Gelynos Oak, near Newport, the contents of which were upwards of 

 forty-eight tons ! Probably few are acquainted with the Cse Rheidr Oak standing 

 above the river Usk, about two miles from Caerleon, on Pencreeg farm, the pro- 

 perty of Colonel Mackwoeth. This most venerable and gigantic Oak-tree, 

 which has been lithographed, is very much of the same description as that at 

 Gelynos, and probably nearly as old, and of little less dimensions. They who 

 take a pilgrimage to the old Roman ground of the Isca Silurum, and the ancient 

 mansion of the accomplished Lord Herbert, of Cherbury, at St. Julian's, should 

 extend their walk two miles further, to Llanhennock Church, near which they will 

 find this magnificent surviver. — Merthyr Guardian. 



GEOLOGY. 



Submarine Volcano. — On the 25th of last November, the Captain and pas- 

 sengers of the brig Ccesar, from Havre, on passing the bank of Bahama, saw an 

 enormous fire, which increased till it had tinged the whole of the sky and part of 

 the horizon. It was kept in sight for four hours, and could only be accounted 

 for as proceeding from a submarine volcano. On the 3rd of January, the Captain 

 of the Sylphide, also from Havre, being on the same spot, found the sea disturbed, 

 and whitish in colour, which he attributed to the same cause. To these notices, 

 conveyed to the French Academy of Sciences, M. Moreau de Jonnes adds, that 

 on the 30th of the same November, an earthquake took place at Martinique. 

 The shock was violent, and the heat very great. — Athenceum, May 12, 1838. 



New Fossils. — The indefatigable M. Lartet continues his researches, and 

 fresh discoveries will now enable naturalists to complete the osteology of the Dog 

 called Amphicyon. The half of another jaw of a Monkey has also been dis- 

 covered. — Id. 



Colossal Remains. — A Wiltshire paper states, that within these few days 

 some remains of a huge animal, to all appearance of the Ox kind, had been 

 discovered in the Avon, at Melksham. In casting a net it became entangled in 

 a deep pool, and after getting clear, brought up an immense horn. This led to 

 further search, and after much trouble the skull and the other horn were brought 

 up. The horns are stated to be finely formed, 39 inches in length, 17J inches in 

 circumference near the base, and separated in the skull by 12 inches. . A rib of 

 corresponding size has since been fished up. How long they have been in the 

 water it is impossible of course to conjecture, but appearances, it is said, indicate 

 that it must have been centuries. 



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