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And there were also the teeth and bones of a little mammal allied 

 to Arvicola. 



A Koman coffin was the last place I should have gone to for a 

 geological collection, but the following fossils were found therein. 

 The first two have never been met with previously but by myself 

 in the inferior oolite of Dundry. 



Thecidium granulosum, Moore Cristellaria rotula 



Spirifera oolitica, Moore Sponges 



Terebratula minima, Moore Pentacrinites 



Belemnites Entomostraca 



Serpulte Melania 



Echini spines Turbo 



Corals, several species 

 Connected with the interment I found a small bronze bead, 

 portions of the woven texture of the dress of the lady, pitch and 

 traces of minerals ; the latter probably brought away with the 

 lime from the Mendips. 



Subsequently to the Roman occupation there appears to be 

 little doubt that an interregnum occurred in which the city was 

 deserted and when it became converted into a swamp. The cause 

 for this is difficult to account for, but the evidence for the fact is, I 

 think, conclusive, since it is certain that the extensive foundations 

 of the Eoman buildings, on the site of the new hotel, and else- 

 where, are covered up by mud, vegetable remains and drift wood ; 

 the deposit in some instances being almost converted into peat, 

 and mixed with which were many mammalian remains. When 

 sinking for the railway bridges towards Twerton, the alluvial flats, 

 from the great quantities of bones they contained, were seen to be 

 a perfect charnel house. They consisted chiefly of remains of 

 horse, dog, hos longifrons, hog, sheep, goat and roe-deer. Bos 

 primigenius was also contemporaneous with them, so that at this 

 time are to be noticed two species of oxen, both of which have 

 now disappeared. 



I remember as far back as the year 1 838 two labouring men 

 coming to where I was then living in Bath with a hand-barrow, on 

 which was, covered up with a sack, what they called a " natural 

 curiosity," which they were exhibiting at one penny each person. 



