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Elephas primigenius 



Elephas 



Elephas 



Elephas 



Elephas 



Elephas primigenius 



Elephas primigenius 

 Rhinoceros 



r Stratford and Shottery, in 

 \ the late R. B. Wheeler's 

 i Collection, in the Strat- 

 (^ ford Museum. 



rLuddington and Alveston, 

 ) near Stratford-on-Avon ; 

 authority, — Mr. J. W. 



KiRSHAW. 



Ascott 



I 



f Drift Stour, near Alder- 

 < minster, tusk and teeth, 

 ( Mr. J. W. KiRSHAW. 



rTusk, fi-om near Bourton- 



1 on-the-Water. 

 * 



C Upton - on - Severn, two 



. -J molar teeth, authority 



(_ the Eev. W. S. Symonds. 



. ■) Pull Court; authority Rev. 

 . J W. S. Stmonds. 



These Mammalian remains occur at heights varying from 40 

 to 300 feet above the sea, and where they are met with in the 

 Gravels of the Severn, Avon, Stour, and Evenlode, they occupy 

 a different elevation as they may be nearer or more remote 

 from the sea ; and in correlating them, a careful examination, 

 I believe, will shew that the position to be assigned in time 

 is not altitude above the sea, but above that of the existing 

 rivers. 



The Gravels I have described clearly, I think, dispose of (at 

 least to my mind) the view which is sometimes taken that most 

 of the changes of our valleys have been brought about by 

 alteration of sea level and not by that of land. 



I mentioned at the commencement of the paper that to 

 complete the subject it would still take me some months, as 

 there are several points of considerable interest and importance 

 which require to be dwelt upon more fully, and I am deeply 

 sensible of how imperfect this communication is; but I was 



